The current atrocities being committed in Gaza are too much even for Thomas Friedman

Friedman is a good barometer of elite imperial opinion, so Israel should take note:

It is time for the Biden administration to give Israel more than just gentle nudges about how it would be kind of, sort of nice if Israel could fight this war in Gaza without killing thousands of civilians.

It’s time for the U.S. to stop wasting time searching for the perfect U.N. cease-fire resolution on Gaza.

It’s time for the U.S. to tell Israel that its war’s aim of wiping Hamas off the face of the earth is not going to be achieved — at least not at a cost that the U.S. or the world will tolerate, or that Israel should want.

And here's a recent report on the scale of the destruction wrought by Israel.