Our US media reports of these terrorist murders are underreporting their impact on Israeli politics, which may most directly affect us here.
The Israeli public wants its hostages freed. But, according to the heads of Mossad and Shin Bet (Israel's FBI), Netanyahu is personally sabotaging negotiations to free the hostages. Hamas murdered these hostages only recently, in response to IDF's botched rescue attempt.
Israelis are furious at Netanyahu.