I didn't ever say they deserved anything. I'm asking specifically: How are they not free and, in those instances, why?

Do abusive spouses have to endure dozens of rocket attacks a day? This is a very poor analogy.

I so very much sympathize with all who've died in this conflict, most all of them not the actual players in the conflict, just the victims. But since Oct 7, this is a war. I don't like wars. Nobody likes wars except Warlords and Munitions Manufacturers.

But it's a war. And Hamas, Gaza's governing body, clearly Decided that the risk that Children Will Die - along with all the non-children - was not significant enough to launch a naked terrorist attack on innocent civilians.

Israel has Decided it's not over until they Hamas is no longer a threat. I wish it could be otherwise.

Once one of them Decide on another path, Children will stop being Killed. And either one could choose that. Gaza could choose to give up the remaining hostages, and stop dropping bombs on innocent civilians.