It just seems crazy to me given the power imbalance. A cynical part of me suspects that things are playing out exactly as some evil strategists hoped they would, which, given all the children dying, is super-depressing.

I look forward to hearing your thoughts.

    • Ziggurat@sh.itjust.works
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      Wouldn’t it be the other way around ? Hostage means that you nced to open some negociation for their release. And that a military intervention would put them at risk.

      Israel used to do prisonner exchanges,

      • DogMuffins@discuss.tchncs.de
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        1 year ago

        That’s not what’s happening though.

        Regardless, hostages require at least negotiation. They could execute a few hostages to provoke israel further.