Oh I know that's exactly what a few have explicitly said. If anything, October 7th was a justifiable catalyst towards a peaceful future. That such oppressed people had no choice but to brutally murder and torture a load of civilians, because really what other voice do they have? The world's not ignoring them now!
What said posters simply refuse to articulate, at least as I've seen it, is two things:
1. What did Hamas think Israel would do in response to its actions, if not exactly what it is doing?
2. If Israel did indeed just open Gazas borders, and allow freedom of movement, what does that look like when Gaza is run by Hamas?
Personally, I feel desperately sad for the Gazan people, and appalled at the sheer birth lottery that means my son grows up where he does, while some other poor child is now living (or worse) for fear of being buried in rubble every day. It's disgusting, tragic and something that has been going on for decades. The world SHOULD get together and do something about it. Fellow Arab states SHOULD be offering aid not to arming freedom fighters but to UN and Red Cross organisations on the ground. Citizens across the world SHOULD be pressuring their local politicians to act, to give aid, to provide migration if available. Israel SHOULD end the abhorrent progression of settlers, and pull back to some agreed line, never to overstep again. Rich states SHOULD be offering to take in Gazans that want to leave, and help assimilate them into their cultures. All of these I believe, strongly.
But I also believe that this current absolute horror show is the result of Hamas, and its decision to press the f*ck it all button. The Gaza situation on October 6th was obviously awful. All the above things should have been happening more. But because of October 7th, that may literally be the best it will ever be for Gazans. I'm not saying that to be cruel, or anti-anything. I just play out the future and don't see things improving now. The infrastructure is destroyed. Everyone human being there has watched a love one die. I don't even know what a reconstruction would look like, much less who will pay for it.
I wish I could see a solution. Please, anyone, I'm listening. But this escalation could be the end of Gaza, and I refuse to absolve Hamas of being the ones who caused it.