the civilians who find themselves stuck in the middle of this. it's not as if people with flee to anywhere else. they're stuck where they are. it's incredibly urbanized, incredibly built up. so this makes it extremely difficult. the other thing is does, it creates a sense of incredible frustration. there is a reason why hamas is the most powerful political entity in gaza. it's not just an organization that carries out attacks. it's not just a political party. but it's also a social services agency and provides health care and education and food and money to people. >> right. that's part of how they are therefore, empowered, pretty consistently, the language about u.s. policy towards these questions does sort of emerge only in the context of this kind of violence that we've been seeing over the past couple days. not in terms of these long-term durable realities. when you think about the