@Oodiks What does a de facto government have actual control or power over? Do you seriously think that Israel would allow that sort of control when it controls the fuel, electricity etc. for Palestine? The aid convoy system in Gaza is designed to fail. There is a reason why Gaza, which is essentially a strip, has been annexed so it’s easier to shut off anything going in or out whether there were rockets fired or not. There’s a reason why many refer to it as the Gaza Strip.
Israeli settlers have attacked West Bank villages as soon as aid trucks reach Gaza and somehow the Israeli government expects little to no resistance? Does Hamas really have its own funding for infrastructure? Or is it reliant on Israel for building materials which can be withheld whenever it wishes? Then there is a sudden shock and surprise when other countries weigh in and provide support, but even when there were UN arms embargoes to Israel, Russia and China chose to ignore this and continued on their merry way.
So it seems that there are tunnels, but clearly not under hospitals. What was Israel’s justification for stopping food? Surely even food can’t be used to build rockets? If it wasn’t Hamas, there would have been something else in its place because eventually Palestinians might have resisted living in an apartheid.
Israel has destroyed hospitals saying there are tunnels built by Hamas, when there literally hasn’t been proof of that, doctors have been killed, there is very little medical equipment. And somehow if only Hamas stopped the rockets, Israel would stop trying to attempt genocide?
If someone was to take over your home and land, do you not think that some people might actually resist? The problem is, what sort of resistance is proportionate to Israel’s billions of dollars of funding. There clearly have been deplorable actions committed by both sides, but which side has the actual power and control?
Palestinians are living in what used to be their country, as second class citizens, are subject to checkpoints to keep Israelis safe, they aren’t free to move around in their own country peacefully. They’re attacked when they are praying peacefully, in their homes etc. But sure, if only Hamas stopped the rockets from Gaza then maybe the Israeli government might decide to give building materials. Or the Israeli government could also choose to destroy olive trees, take over farmland, bulldoze homes to create settler communities, try not destroy the West Bank, provide food, remove checkpoints, stop birthright trips etc. etc. but it won’t do that would it? And is it all the fault of Hamas?