For those who doubt Hamas attitudes toward civilian sacrifice

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41. they are a tiny minority of the people in Gaza

...why try and represent them as the ones holding residents in that city?

Where's the evidence that Hamas is forcing civilians to 'shield' them from Israeli bombs?

It's complete sophistry. While there is a certainty that there are militant Hamas among the population, the claim that they're shielding terrorists is language intended to portray the millions of residents as hostages, or to excuse the carpet bombing of civilian areas as a necessity.

As President Biden said repeatedly, "We must not lose sight of the fact that the overwhelming majority of Palestinians had nothing to do with Hamas’s appalling attacks, and are suffering as a result of them."

“Civilians are not to blame and should not suffer for Hamas’s horrific terrorism,” Pres. Biden said in a press release.

Are you making a different point? Because, 'human shield' rhetoric just sounds like an excuse to keep bombing civilian areas of Gaza.