A bit late to comment but... I agree entirely with your analysis but add that I regarded Hamas's use of rockets as cynical and rather callous. Clearly, Hamas knows that Israel will always react with overwhelming force which will kill and maim many Palestinian people of all ages. They are hoping - correctly in 2021 - that this will rouse people across the world to help the Palestinian cause. Morally, I find this repugnant. Not remotely as repugnant as Israel's actions, but still... Hamas, never let us forget, seems to want to create an Islamic theocracy on Iranian lines in Palestine. It has little interest in democracy or the rights of LGBTQ+ people, for example, as its execution of one of its own fighters for being gay demonstrates. So, while seeing clearly that apartheid Israel is the aggressor, we must still be wary of upholding Hamas as a victim.
A bit late to comment but... I agree entirely with your analysis but add that I regarded Hamas's use of rockets as cynical and rather callous. Clearly, Hamas knows that Israel will always react with overwhelming force which will kill and maim many Palestinian people of all ages. They are hoping - correctly in 2021 - that this will rouse people across the world to help the Palestinian cause. Morally, I find this repugnant. Not remotely as repugnant as Israel's actions, but still... Hamas, never let us forget, seems to want to create an Islamic theocracy on Iranian lines in Palestine. It has little interest in democracy or the rights of LGBTQ+ people, for example, as its execution of one of its own fighters for being gay demonstrates. So, while seeing clearly that apartheid Israel is the aggressor, we must still be wary of upholding Hamas as a victim.