@yacr85,
We need to work our way backwards on your comment.
The war in the north was a “watse of time”? Umm Hezbollah is basiclly completely destroyed and cannot lobby missiles at israel any more. Syria which is their route fell apart as a result of the war and Iran is weakened. I think anyone with an honest side will tell you israel fully won that part of the war unlike 1982 , 2000 & 2006 when we lost these wars. I don’t know how you can logically call that a waste of time.
Now lets turn to Gaza: Firstly over 100 hostages were set free early on due to military pressure. IYH soon the other 50 or so remaining will be freed as well. Things look promising and we continue to daven. But the war with Gaza wasn’t just to free the hostages. if it was then you could argue that it was a mixed scuesss. Nebach unfortunately it looks like we may lose 50-75 heilga nefoshos of those hostages. We already know of about 15-20 killed in captivity nebach directly because of the IDF operations on top of those from other causes.. However the goal is to make Hamas incapable of comfiting Oct 7 again. That goal has been acheived. For a very long time they won’t be able to march in and do this again. So no it isn’t a waste of time and very worthy war.
That bring me to me the next point of syaing oh its the “secular Israeli’s ” looking to shamd us who decided on this war. No thats false. This was an obivously needed war to stop missiles from the north and to stop Hamas & Hezbollah from comtting Oct 7. Its not a war that the secular zioinsits decided to wage. Its a war that was forced upon us and now its fight or we will die again. Now is that a “milchmas miztva”? I have no clue. But its a necessary war.