As summarised, <ref>[https://www.hadassah.org/story/speak-up-for-israel Speak Up for Israel], Hadassah, May 21, 2021</ref>
<blockquote>Certain facts are irrefutable. The terrorists are motivated by hatred and aim to wound or kill innocent women, men and children. Israel, by contrast, is motivated by the legal and moral imperative to protect and preserve life, and is always entirely justified in acting in its own self-defense...It is impossible to obtain reliable data on civilian casualties in Gaza. Data that is provided to and reported by the media come from the Gaza Health Ministry, which is run by Hamas, a U.S.-designated Foreign Terrorist Organization. What we do know — what is proven — is that Hamas commits war crimes by using Palestinians as human shields. No place in Gaza is safe from Hamas. Rockets, mortars, rifles and missiles are stored or fired from [https://www.unrwa.org/newsroom/press-releases/unrwa-condemns-placement-rockets-second-time-one-its-schools schools], [https://www.i24news.tv/en/news/israel/1620882686-hamas-rocket-fired-from-gaza-hits-apartment-building-in-petah-tikva apartment buildings], [https://www.theatlantic.com/international/archive/2014/11/how-the-media-makes-the-israel-story/383262/ offices], [https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/morning-mix/wp/2014/07/31/why-hamas-stores-its-weapons-inside-hospitals-mosques-and-schools mosques] and [https://www.timesofisrael.com/finnish-tv-rockets-fired-from-gaza-hospital/ hospitals].</blockquote> Days after Guardian of walls op., on May-28-2021, Hamas' head Y. Sinwar, played "hero," challenging Israel to eliminate him while he was careful to surrounded himself with civilians.<ref>[https://www.zman.co.il/224663 Yoni Ben Menachem: Yahya Sanwar Challenges Israel], Zman, May 28, 2021.<blockquote>The Hamas leader in the Gaza Strip emerges from his hiding place and begins to provoke Israel, When he calls on her to try and eliminate him ... He was careful to walk around surrounded by bodyguards and residents of the Gaza Strip who served as his "human shield," assuming that the IDF would not eliminate him when surrounded by civilians.</blockquote></ref>
In August 2021, Hamas arrested 20-year-old Mustafa Asfour for criticizing Hamas storing weapons in residential areas in the Gaza Strip.<ref>Khaled Abu Toameh (@KhaledAbuToameh) Tweeted: