Who are these “so many people” supporting Hamas?
And when have civilians ever been completely fair game under the rules of engagement or war?
Do you genuinely believe that starving Palestinian women and children living in cars, tents, and alley ways, constantly being told to leave the area they were told to was “safe” to go to another area that is supposedly “safe”, only for that area to be bombed as soon as they arrive, have the ability to force Hamas to lay down their arms and return the hostages? Or would even want to do that at this point?
Do you genuinely believe that the current Netanyahu-led far-right (largely Kahanist) Israeli regime, who are currently only in power because of the war, are simply going to withdraw all troops and cease all operations in the Strip and the West Bank, cease forced displacement, confiscation of property, and illegal annexation of land in the West Bank, and release the thousands of (in some cases, illegally) detained Palestinians if Hamas did unconditionally surrender?
And there were marches and protests for a ceasefire in Ukraine early on. The reason they are few and far between now compared to those for Palestine is because it became very clear the UK (and US) had almost no diplomatic influence over Putin’s actions in Ukraine (and beyond), so mass civilian protests are pretty ineffective in achieving substantive change in Ukraine. Whereas the UK (and the US) has quite a lot of diplomatic influence over Israel and so placing pressure on governments domestically could actually have a substantive impact on the plight of the Palestinian people.