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Simply put, both sides of the conflict fucking suck, which is what makes it a very difficult conflict to resolve.
I think a big part of the problem is that while Hamas are fucken evil, they were a tool used by Israel to destroy the Palestinian people. Hamas wouldn't still exist if Israel didn't want them to https://www.businessinsider.com/israel-security-forces-escorted-suitcases-cash-hamas-qatar-report-2023-12?r=US&IR=T
Israel has always had the goal of killing everyone in Palestine. Feed some rockets through to Hamas so they will be fired at them, send in an incredibly well funded military to level a few block (mostly with US taxpayer money), and use that military to protect the "settlers" who will just take the land.
The only change is they have expedited the process.
According to your own source, the money was intended to help Gaza civilians, it wasn’t just directly funneled to Hamas for weapons like you seem to imply. And it did buy peace for a little while until Hamas broke the peace on October 7th, again all from your own source.
What part of "Netanyahu's [...] own reported statements — was to keep Hamas strong enough to counteract the Palestinian Authority in the West Bank, allowing [him/Israel] to avoid a two-state peace solution" implies wanting peace?
But Hamas isn't the entire side, there are numerous militant groups and average Palestinians fighting against the IDF. It's a little unfair to say "both sides suck" when one group is using whatever small arms and improvised weapons they have, suffering many thousands of civilian deaths trying to prevent the annihilation of their people, while the other side is fighting to take more territory and has the support of the entire West, with drones, airstrikes, fighter jets and the like.
Sure, the civilian deaths that started AFTER occupants of Gaza raided across the border, killed a bunch of civilians themselves, and took hostages back with them.