Hamas are justified in their actions

RebuttalsPro states that: "I do not have to applaud Hamas' actions merely I have to show they are valid under the circumstances." Naturally it was not implied that Pro had to applaud Hamas, rather the BoP is on him to show that Hamas' actions are indeed "justified" and "valid". Pro further states that there is insufficient evidence to show that Hamas was responsible for the murder of three Israeli teens, this is negated by the fact that Saleh Al-Arouri is a Hamas leadership member and therefore holds a credible position. I'd also note to Pro that statements released by Mickey Rosenfeld were made before it was formally established that a Hamas military wing was behind it. The individual responsible for executing the attack Hussam al-Qawasme has been convicted of manslaughter and of providing services to Hamas, therefore evidence has been presented. No proof has also been outlined that he was tortured into falsely admitting that Hamas was a culprit, on the contrary, this is own al-Qawasme's own admission. Hamas leader Khaled Mashaal in an interview reiterated such statements, though asserting that was he was not aware of actions by Hamas members in advance, he admitted that that they were behind the kidnappings and subsequent murders:“We were not aware of this action taken by this group of Hamas members in advance,” he said. “But we understand people are frustrated under the occupation and the oppression, and they take all kinds of action.”Note that he explicitly states "Hamas members". Hamas had began firing rockets before Israel made any arrests in relation to the abduction of the three teens. In fact, an increased number of rockets began being fired into Israel as early as March. However, even if the rockets had began after such arrests, is it justified to aim at civilian targets? I'll highlight that over 4500 were sent last year alone and two last week, which is a violation of ceasefire agreement. Firstly, Gaza is also blockaded by Egypt because of terrorist activity. The blockade of Israel's (or rather, "control") is in place to prevent terror attacks and maintain the protection of Israeli civilians. Supplies to Gaza, many of which come from Israel, are still able to get through and during the 2014 conflict over 2,500 Palestinian from Gaza crossed the Erez border to receive treatment in Israel. When the tunnels of Hamas were discovered, a large number of drugs, handcuffs, and weaponry were found. Resources such as food supplies and materials that are required to build bomb shelters can (and do) easily come over through the Erez crossing. Hamas has in fact built no sufficient bomb shelters in Gaza, which is why civilians have to use places such as U.N schools. If bomb shelters were established, the casualty number in any time of conflict would decrease significantly. More evidence that Hamas uses the tunnels for kidnapping and military purposes is the three attempted attacks they made on Israeli towns prior to Operation Protective Edge. Hamas militants armed with weaponry were seen (and then stopped) making infiltration into Israel's borders with the very obvious intent of attacking nearby inhabitants. These attempts and the vast network of tunnels built by Hamas is why Israel decided to proceed with action in Gaza. I'll further state that the tunnels are built under civilian homes and in civilian neighbourhoods, which also largely added to casualty statistics and thus proves that Hamas does indeed endanger its civilian population. This is a conflict that Hamas, an extension of the Muslim Brotherhood in Egypt, choose to involve itself in. When Hamas was elected in Gaza, they had full knowledge of the ongoing political circumstances between Israeli and Palestinian fractions and have displayed no indication of wanting peace or contributing to peace efforts. Conflicts with Israel have consistently been initiated by Hamas, usually by the firing of rockets/missiles but more recently by the building of an underground tunnel network. Not one conflict has in fact been caused by Israel. Priority of military weapons rather than investment in civilian infrastructure and improvement of Gaza is also clearing lacking in valid justification. All materials come from Israel's Erez crossing, this unfortunately one reason why Hamas was able to build the tunnels in the first place. This still doesn't necessarily make it "justified". I also would point out that these were Hamas' own civilians. A source was presented referring to the executions, however I will post another. Arab activist Abu Toameh has this to say about Hamas treatment of anyone suspected of collaboration or political (namely anti-war) activism: "Taha was already in Hamas's jail before Israeli operations started. Hamas imprisoned him and tortured him because he was critical of its radical policies. He had warned Hamas not to cooperate with Qatar and Iran. Eye-witnesses said they saw Hamas militants bring him alive into the yard of Shifa hospital in Gaza and shoot him." Pro claims that there is no evidence for use of human shields, a report was made by both French and Indian news outlets while in Gaza in which children are directly seen playing by a rocket launching site, and another militants are filmed preparing to fire rockets outside a hotel. Over three U.N schools were discovered with rockets placed inside, weapons were found in Mosques, and Hamas were also using the al-Shifa hospital as their military headquarters, The IDF also found booby traps within the homes of Gaza residents. When warnings were distributed by Israel advising residents to take shelter or vacate from dangerous areas, Hamas also explicitly told civilians to "ignore" the warnings and stay in their homes, where the possibility of them being injured (or worse) was very obviously increased. As for the Hamas admission on human shields, note to Pro that it was two I that referenced and that Fathi Hammad has remained a prominent politician for Hamas. In addition, other evidences have been provided for the use and endorsement of human shields. Pro states that the Hamas charter is irrelevant in this debate, but the fact it is still used and applied by Hamas thus disproves this point. Pro then points out Geneva Convention laws allegedly broken by Israel, however, Hamas has itself violated at least over seven significant rules of armed conflict and has therefore committed war crimes. To assert that statements (which Pro admits are outrageous) made by Hamas in relation the killing of Jews in a synagogue are "understandable" and "valid" is most questionable given the fact that these people were innocent civilians, simply attending synagogue and worshiping G-d. The temporary closing of al-Aqsa Mosque is attributed exclusively to the fact that violent riots had been held at the Temple Mount and Jewish visitors had been attacked. As well as labelled "cattle herd" by Palestinian Authority leader Mahmoud Abbas. Sources: [8.] http://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk...[9.] http://www.independent.co.uk...[10.] http://www.jpost.com...[11.] http://www.idfblog.com...[12.] http://www.gatestoneinstitute.org...[13.] http://matzav.com...[14.] http://www.theisraelproject.org...