If Hamas acted according to the Geneva Conventions, they would not be using women and children as human shields. This greatly exacerbates the number of dead. That number would be less than half. Israel is not responsible for their tactics. Hamas does not care about the lives of Palestinians only their deaths, it adds to their propaganda. This could end today by freeing the hostages and surrendering. Hamas has no intention of giving up power no matter what the cost.
We are in agreement on the tragedy for the Palestinians, just not on Hamas’s intentional brutality.