Kluurs, I actually agree with much of what is in your sources. Israel has behaved very opportunistically in its response, destroying and killing much more extensively than was likely needed to achieve military objectives. They have not effectively curtailed the worst instincts of their least ethical soldiers. Some in the IDF likely have committed war crimes by any serious person's definition. If and when this Israeli government falls we may get an objective commission to discover and report these things from within Israeli officialdom. Alas, we may have to wait quite some time for that. Netanyahu's political skill (and luck) should never be underestimated.
That still doth not a genocide make ... yet. For starters, despite the horrendous toll, most creditable estimates I have seen still report a civilian/military casualty ratio quite a bit lower than in most other wars, even wars conductive by "civilized" European nations over the past century. That fact does not excuse any deliberate targeting of civilians, like the Palestinian woman walking to her chemo appointment. The evidence of Hamas using the civilian population to shield its forces is overwhelming. But IDF soldiers who use that fact to butcher civilians for sport ought to be held to account. One can accept the former fact, and its conclusion that innocents may be killed in legitimate war, without excusing the latter fact, that some in the IDF needlessly and cruelly murder people.
The quote that began this thread is a contention by a Palestinian that any "leadership" that actually wants to lead a people should understand that surrender is sometimes the best option. Instead, we have an organization that is a modern authoritarian kleptocracy fueled by 9th century religious bigotry that sees Gaza as Götterdämmerung, except with some paradise afterward because Islam never ever loses and inch of land to infidels. Palestine, every inch of it, is a waqf from God!
Hamas must go. How do you do that without a lot of destruction given the organization's complete and utter contempt for its own civilian population?