Despite the hundreds of posts on this thread, I don't see much sign of affecting the outlook of the 3 or 4 defenders of Hamas on this forum (and/or defenders of the idea that the civilians of Gaza are opposed to Hamas and their actions).
Sometimes a decisive military victory is the only was to terminate an evil ideology, especially when that ideology is rooted in irrationality. It was the only way that Nazism was going to be stopped. Had the Allies stopped at the border of Germany following their D-Day landing, the Nazis would have regrouped, continued to murder Jews (and other undesireables) within their borders, and struck outward again when the time seemed right. Likewise, the totalitarian Japanese government were not going to withdraw and cease all hostilities without the unanswerable force of the atomic bombings.
This current conflict will go on until the Israelis either achieve complete military victory against Hamas (and Hezbollah, if they join the conflict) or the Israelis utterly fail to do so. This is an existential war, so I expect the Israelis to apply all of their resources to the task. Do not expect a ceasefire. There can only be an armistice if Hamas surrenders unconditionally.
Darwin was wrong. Human development has ceased to be governed by survival of the fittest. Instead, the mentally unstable reproduce in abundance. That fact alone sets civilization on a collision course for conflicts like the current war in the middle east. Sad, but inevitable. All we can hope for are periods of largely sustained peace following wars (which we have had, post WWII). Hopefully, we will have another period of peace once this war is over. But we won't, if Hamas is successful.