@BCCanuck; the deaths of Palestinians at the hands of Israel's IDF and 'aggressive illegal settlers' prior to October 7th 2023 is at odds with your assertion that such deaths would have been avoided but for Hama's slaughter of more than 1,200 Israelis on October 7th.
https://www.statista.com/chart/16516/israeli-palestinian-casualties-by-in-gaza-and-the-west-bank/
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/longform/2023/10/9/israel-hamas-war-in-maps-and-charts-live-tracker
