Quote Originally Posted by William Treseder View Post
It doesn’t depend on anything. Hamas started this latest feud by bombing Israel in 2023.
I always preface anything I say on what Hamas did on 7 October 2023 by stating that it was shocking and indefensible, but there is a context here - Israel didn't jump from. peaceful coexistence with the Palestinians pre 7/10 to all out aggression after it.

This extract

"Even before Hamas’ attack on October 7, Israeli forces had already killed 234 Palestinians in the West Bank this year, while settlers were responsible for nine more killings."

from this article

https://reliefweb.int/report/occupie...st-year-record

referring to 2023 shows that there was around one Palestinian a day being killed by Israeli troops or settlers before 7 October, following on from a reported 204 in 2022.

https://reliefweb.int/report/occupie...lers-2022-enar