Hamas and all Palestinians have the right to armed resistance to protect their land, their homes and the lives of their families, according to international law and to the moral laws of society. No one wants dead people on either side, but is time to see the whole picture. Here in America if someone enters my property, I have the right to use my gun and shoot the intruder. Palestinians should have the same rights we have in America, to have guns and protect their land.
Of course Hamas knew Israel would retaliate after the October 7 attacks, we all knew this, because this is what is Israel has been doing for the past 76 years, Israel continuously harasses, detains, kidnaps, shoots Palestinian civilians including children. If someone harasses my children, I pull a gum on them too. It has been one year of genocide and we expect people are documenting themselves, educating themselves on this issue instead of using the excuse of October 7. We are sick of the Palestinian genocide and we want to see and end to this madness.