I say this, since the Western news media seems to have stopped pretending to care about a pretence of neutrality and bringing up human shields and the "savage Islamic radical hordes" again...

Idc if it's IDF soldiers and political figures they're only capturing, but it seems to also include settler civilians, specifically some women, others elderly, and a few youths (may or may not be teens).

It's an unknown amount, but it seems like a lot more than some dozens

What the hell do they need them for? As a bargaining chip?

Source: https://www.reuters.com/world/middle-east/dna-prayers-israelis-desperate-word-missing-kin-hamas-attack-2023-10-08/

Edit 1: What if they left the collaborator settler "civilians" alone, but kept the important political and military figures with them

Edit 2: On second thoughts, the settlers can seem to be indirectly, if not fully committed to this settler-colonial project, considering by the presence of paramilitaries and settling alone...

  • captcha [any]
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    1 year ago

    If they keep them in Gaza then it means Israel can't do what they normally do which is airstrike the shit out of Gaza. If israel wants the hostages back they must either negotiate with Hamas or do a ground invasion of Gaza. I suspect Hamas wants the ground invasion and has made extensive preparations to maul the shit out of the IDF when they do.

    Yeah its brutal but what else are they going to do? Go to the UN again? They can't hold onto any of the territory they took back.

    • tactical_trans_karen [she/her, comrade/them]
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      1 year ago

      It's a smart tactic and I was thinking the same thing. The whole situation has also shown how fragile their security really is. Watched Hasan comment on it earlier, he thinks that a Israelis killed by the IDF would collapse Israel so they need to go in on foot.

      In the mean time, they might be taking these people around and showing them what their lives are like and what they've suffered... Maybe some get released later and go hard against the Israeli state. It'll be interesting to see what actually plays out.

      • Nakoichi [they/them]
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        1 year ago

        I saw an image of an old lady with a Palestinian fighter and she has his gun in her lap and looks pretty relaxed. Both of them are throwing up peace signs.