India, Jan. 27 -- As Israel retrieves its last captive and demands Gaza's "demilitarisation," new evidence shows the war was never about security, but about flattening Palestinian life with Western approval.

The recovery of the remains of Israel's last captive from Gaza has been presented by Israeli officials and their Western allies as a symbolic turning point. Yet the verified facts emerging from Gaza point not to closure, but to a dangerous consolidation phase following one of the most destructive military campaigns in recent history.

For The Eastern Herald, the evidence establishes a clear trajectory, what it assesses as Israel's ongoing genocide of Palestinians in Gaza was not limited to confronting armed groups. It involved the sy...