Because that’s not how any of this works.

For one, modern warfare is always asymmetrical. There’s no fair fights - the weapons are too strong. There’s no way to do this without turning it into a sport, at which point why make it lethal? Either way, the loser could decide to go back to violence

For two, this isn’t a war, this is denying aid to starving people, then shooting at the bread lines for reasons such as… Showing up too early

For three, Hamas are hardliners. They want all of Israel, which is obviously impossible. So their method is to make Israel martyr the civilians in the hopes the rest of the world will attack Israel

For three part 2, Israel is propping up Hamas because they’re hardliners. When Hamas gets to open to a real piece deal, Israel assassinates the moderate (and often the negotiator)

And beyond all of that… This is violence. This is what happens when you flip the table. We could settle conflict with Yu-Gi-Oh games, but only so long as everyone abides the results.

We have rules of warfare… But even those are broken all the time. In fact, if everyone followed the rules, both sides would only be allowed to hit military targets. Hamas wouldn’t be able to hide among civilians, so they’d just occasionally attack Israeli troops before running off to a deep hole somewhere. Israel would only be able to attack that hole, so they’d probably occasionally find one and cut the numbers

So don’t ask why the combatants don’t duke it out… Ask why the rules aren’t working