Dan Perry: Israel’s main objective is to secure release of Israeli hostages, end Hamas rule of Gaza

Day 6 of the Israeli-Palestinian war

Dan Perry says the main objective is to secure the release of Israeli hostages from Gaza after the biggest one-say worst massacre in one day of Jews since the Holocaust.

There is public consensus that Hamas should not be allowed to rule Gaza any longer after the killings. Israel won’t rush into a ground operation in Gaza to minimize deaths of Israeli soldiers and Palestinian civilians.