HAMAS prepared for October 7th 2023 very carefully. They prepared a network of tunnels throughout Gaza and perhaps beyond. Some of those tunnels were connected to hospitals and other civilian infrastructure. They stockpiled weapons and continued firing missiles into Israel.
HAMAS must have known full well that the slaughter of 1400 Israeli citizens and the taking of 220 hostages would result in severe military action against them. They could have fled to neighbouring countries and spared the people of Gaza the pain, destruction and death that was bound to come, but they chose to fight in the hope that the war would escalate. They took refuge not only in their tunnels, but in schools, hospitals and other civilian infrastructure. They sacrificed their own people.
Israeli “exterminations” is the wrong word. The author should be censored.
HAMAS has the blood of Palestinians and Israelis on its hands!!