Palestinian journalist held Israeli hostages in his home

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35. I think i may be getting your gist

An apartment unit is a persons "home", i.e. their place of residence. You are saying if that unit is the "home" of a Hamas operative it is not a "civilian home". Arguable but in the interest of brevity I will not dispute that here.

Apartment buildings are called multi-unit dwelling in some places. Obviously they hold multiple families "homes"

Now we may have a Hamas operative who lives in unit 307 thus saying that unit is no longer "civilian". Unfortunately for the non-Hamas Palestinians in 306 and 308, unit 307 is still in the same building. It is likely the majority of the tenants are not Hamas but their homes are colocated with the Hamas member's home.

The Hamas member has therefore chosen to bring the conflict into a civilian building. There is no realistic way to do anything to the "Hamas" home that will not risk affecting the "civilian" homes of the building.

I hope this brings you some clarity.