They engaged in an act of unprovoked war on Israel and committed atrocities and war crimes that were simply barbaric.
They illegally held hostages and have murdered them.
They are now in a war with Israel and the continue to commit acts of terror against Israel. The entire goal of a war is to inflict a devastating response on the enemy. >
Your claims of “disproportionate response by Israel” simply don't hold up to scrutiny.
The most of the damage done in this conflict is caused by the destruction of Hamas rocket launchers while in the process of launching 10,000 rockets in terror attacks against non military, civilian Israeli “targets”
Hamas shoots off a salvo of missiles from a launcher placed inside a school and the IDF targets the launcher which is pretty proportionate if you ask me.
Hamas hasn't held elections in a generation. Fully half of Gaza wasn't alive the last time there was an election there. None of the 4,000 Gazan children killed since Oct 7th ever voted for Hamas.