Hamas was seeking to protect the captives rather than kill them to gain leverage against Israel and to win the release of Palestinians.

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[–] 5 points 1 week ago

Hostages that could have been rescued mere days after October 7th, if Netanyahu hadn't said "no".

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    [–] 6 points 1 week ago (2 children)

    Does that mean that the Zionists were the real antisemites all along 🤔

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    The hostages were just the excuse for more atrocities and war crimes. Whether they survived or not has been rather secondary from the start.

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    [–] 3 points 1 week ago

    We bombed some folks

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