How is that relevant? Is your thought process that the government should just shrug say “oh those dastardly hamas guys got us this time. Fair play on the torture, mutilation, rape and kidnapping. They got our people fair and square they can keep them”
Would you say the same if a bunch of iraqis murdered and raped your family due to what we did under Bush?
Not really sure what point you’re trying to make. Its the governments job to punish those who hurt their citizens and ensure that it doesn’t happen again.
"Its the governments job to punish those who hurt their citizens and ensure that it doesn’t happen again."
Right, so that's why Hamas took captives and tried to initiate negotiations. This was prompted by the annexation of the West Bank, starvation in the Gaza strip and other factors.
Israel found that their backers in the USA and elsewhere weren't going to force them to seriously negotiate and have since moved on to fulfilling the genocidal intents their leaders declared early on.
Would you say the same if a bunch of iraqis murdered and raped your family due to what we did under Bush?
Not really sure what point you’re trying to make. Its the governments job to punish those who hurt their citizens and ensure that it doesn’t happen again.