Define non-combatant. As we’ve been through this many times, by the Zionists own admission, every Jew is a well trained fighter because of their security needs. So everyone over the age of 18 is by definition a combatant.
What evidence do you have that the instructions were to kill babies and children? The instructions are clear not to kill elderly, women and children in battle. If a Palestinian fighters purposely killed the elderly, women or children then they were in the wrong. I’ve said this many times. The child is innocent even if their depraved parents put them at the front lines of the settler colonial project.
The hostages were taken for a specific reason. Now over 10K Palestinians are held hostage by Israel. If Israel takes hostages Palestinians can take hostages.
Ultimately none of this is relevant to the real crime. 10K children were murdered at the hands of genocidal Jews in less than 60 days. This is a disgusting crime and it hasn’t ceased yet. The fact that you continue to support these genocidal actions says a lot about who you are as a person.