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Do you think the innocent civilians of Gaza being murdered by Israel in their tens of thousands are wealthy and powerful? Righto.
Civilians killed in both sides of this war has nothing at all to do with wealth. Hamas didn't commit Oct 7 in the name of resistance or fighting back against a real or believed occupation. There are plenty of states in the world that have been occupied long term and most managed to not behave in such a way.
Hamas believes in an Islamic caliphate, openly expresses its desire to kill jews and / or destroy Israel. This is backed by Iran, militarily the most powerful nation in the ME.
Israel responds to this by obliterating Gaza in order to render Hamas unable to do these things in the future which Hamas openly states it will. As a result thousands of innocent civilians are killed in Gaza due to war crimes committed from both sides. Hamas even publicly state they believe Oct 7 still was the right thing to have done despite the war that has followed.
Anyone trying to chalk this down to wealth is sorely misguided.