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    • thedoctor692@lemmy.world
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      22 days ago

      It mentions that claim but now there is no evidence provided of it either, yet.

      More interesting to me is the news that it wasn’t the extraction that created casualties, it was the group somehow getting stuck and the militant counterattack that spurred escalation. While I do not condone the Israeli attitude towards casualties, I don’t condone the Hamas attitude towards them either.

      • floofloof@lemmy.caOPEnglish
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        22 days ago

        Presumably they factored Hamas not willingly handing over the hostages into their planning. If their contingency plan for meeting resistance was just to bomb areas full of civilians until they could get out, it still shows a lack of regard for Palestinian lives.

        • thedoctor692@lemmy.world
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          22 days ago

          No disagreement on the blame that should be assigned to Israel here. But I think we should be holding Hamas to the same standard for holding hostages in populated areas, performing attacks in populated areas, and of course kidnapping in the first place, among other crimes.

    • ryathal@sh.itjust.works
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      22 days ago

      Hamas sacrificed some number of militants and innocent people that add up to 274. All were not innocent unless you think these hostages were on a impromptu vacation.