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Forces had no direct confrontation with Hamas terrorists who killed hostages; 'The IDF and security forces are doing everything possible to bring all hostages home as quickly as possible. This news shakes us all,' says army spokesperson Hagari

Israeli forces discovered the bodies of six hostages in a 65-foot-deep tunnel in Rafah, approximately a kilometer from where hostage Farhan Alkadi was recently freed. The IDF had no precise intelligence on the hostages' location in recent months but knew there were captives in the sector, leading to a gradual and cautious operation in Rafah since the ground offensive began.

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[–] FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 24 points 1 year ago (39 children)

Thinking on it, it was probably also costing them what are now valuable resources to keep them alive. When it's near impossible to get in and out of Gaza, food, medicine, etc. are worth their weight in gold.

[–] mkwt@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago (11 children)

If you don't have the resources to provide for your POWs, the correct solution is parole, not execution.

[–] FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago (9 children)

How would you propose safely paroling them? There's already examples of released hostages then being killed by the IDF.

[–] mwguy 2 points 1 year ago

Historically you've shipped them to a neutral nation (like Switzerland) who negotiated their return to their home country on the condition that they not be allowed to rejoin the war effort either for the duration of the war or for a specific time.

None of these things are solutions that haven't been seen before.

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