 to convince the Israeli public of some achievement beyond the destruction of Gaza's infrastructure and killing or wounding so many Palestinians. According to Hamas, of course, all those figures come from them. Netanyahu said he wants to continue fighting until every Hamas member is killed, even the youngest to the oldest, because their fate is death. This means that the negotiations do not concern him because they involve a permanent or sustainable ceasefire, not the indefinite continuation of the war, as he wants it.