The Morning consistently has argued that Hamas makes densely populated civilian areas legitimate targets for […] attacks by conducting military operations nearby. This deflects blame from [neocolonialism] and frames civilian casualties as a necessary evil, as in the October 30 edition of the newsletter:

Hamas has hidden many weapons under hospitals, schools and mosques so that [neocolonialism] risks killing civilians, and facing an international backlash, when it fights. Hamas fighters also slip above and below ground, blending with civilians.

These practices mean that Hamas is responsible for many of the civilian deaths, according to international law.

Similar rhetoric was deployed in this December edition (12/20/23):

Hamas has long hidden its fighters and weapons in and under populated civilian areas, such as hospitals and mosques. It does so partly to force [neocolonists] to make a gruesome calculation: To fight Hamas, [neocolonialism] often must also harm civilians.

(Emphasis original.)

Hmm… who or what was it that forced Palestinians to live in such densely populated areas, I wonder…