After October 7, during what Israel now calls the War of Revival, one difficult question followed Israel everywhere — in the media, in the streets, and inside families:

Does the Israel Defense Forces need to be moral during war?

On that day, Hamas committed brutal crimes against Israeli civilians. Families were murdered in their homes. Children and elderly people were killed. Civilians were kidnapped. This was not accidental damage or the chaos of war. Terror was the goal.

As the war continued, the question became sharper and more painful: Should Israeli soldiers risk their lives in the name of morality? Should commanders send their soldiers into extreme danger in order to protect an enemy that clearly ignores every moral rule of war?

This was not a theoretical debate. It became a deep national argument.

War With No Moral Balance

Hamas is not a regular army. It fights from inside civilian areas. It fires rockets from schools, hides weapons in mosques, and operates from hospitals and residential neighborhoods.

Civilians are not caught by mistake. They are used on purpose.

This creates an almost impossible situation for Israeli soldiers. They are expected........

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