Irrespective of whether Israel did the attacks that you accuse them of, Hamas do not have the right to target civilians for slaughter, torture, beheading, mutilation and kidnapping in the way that they did.
No one has that right.
No-one has suggested that they do. I've said it's not surprising, it should have been expected, even it may have been expected but was allowed to happen in order for the Zionists to start a war, and decimate the Palestinian population, even driving the Palestinians out of Gaza.
But, no-one has the right to target innocent civilians. That is simply a baseless accusation on your part.
However some of the accusations against Hamas, must be viewed with a little suspicion.
If you want an excuse to start a war, then of course you're going to make the utmost capital out of the event.
An armed struggled doesn't involve the deliberate and indescriminate targeting of civilians in the way that Hamas did on 7th October. There was no attempt to target the Israeli military, Police or politicians.
The Israeli military were targetted. I believe about 13 IDF soldiers were killed, but they're rarely mentioned. They were totally unprepared for the attack. The border, at that point, was not monitored (apparently), which is surprising for such a situation, especially in light of the intense monitoring of the border in other places.
As the UN said, the attack did not occur in a vacuum. Years of pent-up frustration with the Israeli actions against Palestinian civilians will understandably ignite desires for revenge.
But no-one has suggested that the revenge is excusable, from either side, understandable, yes, excusable, no.
And let's not forget that Hamas was born out of the armed struggle against Israeli cruel conduct toward Palestinians for decades.
They didn't occur in a vacuum. They were elected by the people of Gaza out of dissillusion of Fatah inactivity and lack of progress. (and Israeli promotion as an alternative to Fatah.)
