The undisputed facts are that on October 6, the Islamic extremist group Hamas made a three-pronged attack on Israel from the Gaza Strip, from land, sea, and air. The news media has documented ongoing death and casualty tolls of hundreds of civilians on each side, and Israel reported Monday that 199 Israeli hostages are held in Gaza. Israel and Egypt reportedy agreed to allow humanitarian aid in southern Gaza but it had not been delivered by Thursday and the threat remained imminent for an Israeli ground invasion by an estimated 300,000 troops. Israel has told 1 million civilian residents of Gaza to evacuate, but it appeared that Hamas was blocking such movement. This is our starting point. In addition, Hamas and Israel continued shelling Israel into Thursday.