New first-hand accounts from witnesses of Israel's clashes with Hamas militants on 7 October suggest that, in their desperation to contain the surprise incursion, Israeli troops indiscriminately fired on their...
What’s their logic here? Maybe they value Hamas fighters dying more than their own civilians alive. Or they just don’t know how to resolve hostage situations?
Maybe they value Hamas fighters dying more than their own civilians alive.
That is half of it, but there is also the PR angle. You rescue a hostage, people are happy and then move on. You kill one and blame it on your enemy, you get propaganda for far longer.
Look at what some of the hostages that have already been released said, that they were well-taken care of and their needs were seen to. The occupiers can’t have that become common, because it destroys their entire narrative that the Palestinians are inhuman savages that just want to kill Jewish people.
What’s their logic here? Maybe they value Hamas fighters dying more than their own civilians alive. Or they just don’t know how to resolve hostage situations?
They just love killing people.
That is half of it, but there is also the PR angle. You rescue a hostage, people are happy and then move on. You kill one and blame it on your enemy, you get propaganda for far longer.
Look at what some of the hostages that have already been released said, that they were well-taken care of and their needs were seen to. The occupiers can’t have that become common, because it destroys their entire narrative that the Palestinians are inhuman savages that just want to kill Jewish people.
They don’t care about anyone’s lives.