Thank you for quoting my comment, Oreo Yes the remaining hostages are the only card Hamas has which is why they link their return to a permanent ceasefire. Netanyahu and the extremists who are keeping him in power, don't want a permanent ceasefire until they have removed Hamas from Gaza, but they will never reach that point so it enables them to keep bombing and killing. It is a dreadful situation. I cannot imagine what it must be like to be living in Gaza, it must be unbearable. Any culture, Oreo ("Gaza being the sort of community and culture it is"), will resort to "filling the void". The Gazans have had every single aspect of civilised life taken from them, food, water, power, schools, hospitals, dignity, choice, safety etc it's no wonder law and order has broken down.