And a ceasefire makes it easier for them to survive. A ceasefire is not the defeat of Gaza. It’s not the defeat of Hamas. It’s the ceasefire of the endless violence so that they can rebuild.

This is not really a ceasefire. Read Biden’s quote again. The conditions he and Israel have set are for the resistance to give up its leverage and for the governing organization of Gaza and head of the resistance to give up power and disband.

And I disagree that the win condition is merely Hamas surviving. The win condition is the military/social/economic defeat of Israel and the end of the economic blockade of Palestine, the end of attacks on Palestinians etc.

The former is needed for the latter for any medium-term realistic scenario.

The Al Aqsa Brigades are West Bank right

Somewhat. In this instance they are working with and often within Gaza as part of the resistance.

Even if all the hostages are killed, it wont result in Israel losing. They cannot be used to defeat Israel, which can only be done through offensive military action.

“Israel” is an ethnic supremacist genocidalsettler colonial apartheid state. Its people depend on the sense of their superiority and invulnerability that this system provides them. The capturing of so many hostages and holding them for so long is much of what has made the population so freaked out. It shattered this psychology and they are trying to regain it. Getting them back is a step towards doing so, so there had better be something truly compensatory in any large exchange.

This is complete erasure of Gazan leftists who are critical of Hamas’ capability and strateg

Such as? The socialists of any importance are part of an alliance with Hamas. They are fighting in coordination.

as well as Gazan people who support Fatah over Hamas.

So something like 5% of the population?

I think you are also confused about what the term “erasure” means. None of your logic here suggests they erased anything you’ve described.

This is what I mean when “Gaza is not Hamas”, you can be critical of the practical strategy without automatically being in support of the genocide of Palestinians.

To me it sounds like you’re trying to justify why your criticisms of Hamas should be taken as valid, not anyone of note in Gaza.

An Al Arabiya link

Comrade, that is a bullshit Saudi state mouthpiece. These kinds of articles are meant to serve a simple and false narrative, which is that Hamas does not represent Gazans and is therefore separate from them and illegitimate. It is, “I hate the government not the people” but for the only militant governing party in occupied Palestine.

It is not hard to parse the tone and framing of the article. Example: “But some Gazans, who have lived in a climate of fear and restrictions since Hamas seized power in the territory in 2007, blame the group for the vast destruction caused by the war.” Look at how much work that little unsourced and unexplained editorializing aside just did. Notice that the primary source content of the article is… seemingly random people who all happen to be criticizing Hamas and wanting a ceasefire. How do you think that happened? Why do you think Saudi media would want to push the US-Israeli line?

It’s important to read media critically because if you aren’t careful it will have you fighting against your comrades and the oppressed. PS there were zero leftist criticisms listed in that article.