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...
You don't leave people alone on the battlefield. They become variables you cannot control.
If they are actually non-combatants, they'll wind up getting in the way and killed in cross fire.
If they are paramilitary forces who haven't joined their units, getting them out of the fight before they can do any damage is objectively a tactical/strategic win.
If the Isreali forces decide to indiscriminately attack buildings that may/may no have their own people held captive in them, that says more about the IDF's blood thirst than the Palestinian resistance that has taken prisoners to begin with.
So you're saying its better to check them in and maybe nip them in the bud, if they're potential paramilitary combatant threats?
I suppose it's a good litmus test to check if they would want to retain a little bit of composure against the Resistance, or they would flatten it within a heartbeat...