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[quote=jsteele][quote=Anonymous][quote=jsteele][quote=Anonymous]No, if Hamas and Hezbollah choose to secrete themselves into civilian neighborhoods, as they saying goes, "you get what you get".

[b]The overwhelming Palestinian population has elected Hamas as the government of Gaza[/b].[/quote]

The bolded is not true. There was never an election for the government of Gaza. The Israelis also put their bases in civilian areas. I guess you won't complain if Israeli civilians are harmed during attacks on those installations.
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2006_Palestinian_legislative_election

Legislative elections were held in the Palestinian territories on 25 January 2006 in order to elect the second Palestinian Legislative Council (PLC), the legislature of the Palestinian National Authority (PNA). The result was a victory for Hamas, contesting under the list name of Change and Reform, which received 44.45% of the vote and won 74 of the 132 seats, whilst the ruling Fatah received 41.43% of the vote and won 45 seats.[/quote]

For the third time, you folks really need to re-take Government 101. In the Palestinian Authority, the executive branch represented by a president governs. Hamas did not win the presidency. The Palestinian Authority represents the entire Palestinian territory, not just Gaza. Hamas was elected to represent, not govern. There was never an election to govern Gaza. 
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