Hamas has indicated it is currently unable to identify and track down 40 Israeli hostages needed for the first phase of a ceasefire deal, according to an Israeli official and a source familiar with the discussions, raising fears that more hostages may be dead than are publicly known.
  • givesomefucks@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    6 months ago

    So…

    Hamas gets hostages returned that are women, children, and elderly, all noncombatants.

    They get them back into Gaza where there’s no food and no zones safe from Israeli attacks…

    And Israeli gets back some of their boots on the ground war criminals so they can go right back to genocide?

    If you were trying to be sarcastic use a “/s”, otherwise people will think that was a serious comment.

    • fukhueson@lemmy.worldEnglish
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      6 months ago

      I was quoting the article, which contained important information. I would presume that the hostages want to return home, as do their loved ones. I don’t think that the number of combatants released by Hamas would constitute a significant increase to Israel’s fighting force, at least in the numbers mentioned in the article, and this seems like a bad excuse to disrupt hostage exchanges.

      Edit, so I’m not presuming, sources:

      https://www.reuters.com/world/middle-east/talks-intensify-extend-israel-hamas-truce-after-more-hostages-prisoners-freed-2023-11-30/

      The other two newly released hostages were a brother and sister, Belal and Aisha al-Ziadna, aged 18 and 17 respectively, according to the Israeli prime minister’s office. They are Bedouin Arab citizens of Israel and among four members of their family taken hostage while they were milking cows on a farm.

      Wahid Alhuzail, who chairs a group for Bedouins kidnapped on Oct. 7, said he was happy they were freed. “But it’s not completely fulfilling. We want everyone to come home and for nobody to be stuck in the hands of the terror organization Hamas,” he told Reuters.

      https://www.nbcnews.com/news/world/hamas-official-says-want-hostages-go-home-rcna123396

      “We want these people to go home,” Hamad said. “And, also, we want our prisoners now to go home. So I think we are ready now to have complete compromise, complete a deal, in order to receive all the hostages, either military or civilians.”

      • givesomefucks@lemmy.worldEnglish
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        6 months ago

        I was quoting the article

        And I was explaining how combatants and noncombatants are different…

        One are victims of genocide, and the others are literally actively committing a genocide.

        • fukhueson@lemmy.worldEnglish
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          6 months ago

          FTA:

          The majority of the almost 100 hostages who remain alive are believed to be male IDF soldiers or men of military reserve age. Hamas is expected to try to use to them in later phases to try to negotiate more significant concessions, including more high-level prisoners and a permanent end to the war.

          Yes, they understand the difference, but seemingly not in the same way you do, they seem to think releasing soldiers could help end the conflict.

          Edit: also your reply doesn’t address what I said.

          • givesomefucks@lemmy.worldEnglish
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            6 months ago

            …

            The “later phases” is exchanging combatants…

            And they’re willing to do that. Just not for noncombatants.

            It’s very simple, I’m not sure how to put any plainer.