Foreign Minister Penny Wong says Israel has a right to defend itself, and judging its security decisions from a distance is “very difficult”, as Israel’s government vows to cut off food and water to the blockaded Gaza Strip.
Foreign Minister Penny Wong says Israel has a right to defend itself, and judging its security decisions from a distance is “very difficult”, as Israel’s government vows to cut off food and water to the blockaded Gaza Strip.
It wasn’t their government. It was an organisation started by an Israeli government at the time to combat the PLO
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/2006_Palestinian_legislative_election
Hamas is the elected government of Gaza.
17 years since the last election indicates that may no longer be the case
and the median age of someone living in the gaza strip is 19.