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It isn't about the hostages and it has never been about the hostages
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I wonder how well known this is amongst the Israeli public
Zikten posted...
I wonder how well known this is amongst the Israeli public
They see the hostages as weak for allowing themselves to be taken prisoner. Its unlikely that theyre all that fussed about getting them back.
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Zikten posted...
I wonder how well known this is amongst the Israeli public
"gotta crack a few eggs to make an omelet" or something like that.
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So let me get this straight... a few days after their horrendous terrorist attack where they took hostages... they offered those hostages back in exchange for not being attacked in the area they primarily operate out of?

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Yeah, no shit that was rejected. No country is going to accept that deal.
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they've wanted war the whole time
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Wait so Hamas plan was to kill a thousand Israelis, capture a few hundred more, but then release them with the expectation that Israel wouldnt counterattack?

riiiight.
Irregardless, for all intensive purposes, I could care less.
IDF also knew about the act and was warned by both America and their own security council. They went ahead and let it happen anyways to invade Gaza full force.

I just wish they'd actually yknow... get the terrorists instead of razing the entire city, infrastructure, schools, hospitals, water capabilities. That's pretty fucked up when a majority of the dead are women and children that had nothing to do with the conflict.

I also want them to stop calling this a "war"

It's a full scale slaughter, targeting internation volunteer aid workers an in an attempt to prevent further aid to innocent people that did nothing.
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Look I dont even fuck with Israel, but no government body would have accepted that kind of offer mere days after that scale of a terrorist attack. We do have to remember that Hamas quite literally a terrorist organization that sees no value in human life when compared to their goals.
gamer167 posted...
Look I dont even fuck with Israel, but no government body would have accepted that kind of offer mere days after that scale of a terrorist attack. We do have to remember that Hamas quite literally a terrorist organization that sees no value in human life when compared to their goals.

Israel sure didn't give a fuck about those hostages when they proceeded to glass Gaza.
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Garioshi posted...
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Oh boy

I'm sure glad it was highlighted, otherwise the general reader would've missed it on the first run-through.

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Yazarogi posted...
Israel sure didn't give a fuck about those hostages when they proceeded to glass Gaza.

I'm shocked they actually admitted to accidently killing the Israeli hostages being held by Hamas in those bombings
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Yikes if that's true. That's 10's of thousands of lives spared, really terrible to think about.
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Crimson_Corsair posted...
So let me get this straight... a few days after their horrendous terrorist attack where they took hostages... they offered those hostages back in exchange for not being attacked in the area they primarily operate out of?

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Yeah, no shit that was rejected. No country is going to accept that deal.

K181 posted...
Wait so Hamas plan was to kill a thousand Israelis, capture a few hundred more, but then release them with the expectation that Israel wouldnt counterattack?

riiiight
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The hostages were largely part of anti-occupation communes. Like, the Israeli government wanted those hostages dead, they never intended to rescue any more than they had to. Both Hamas and the Israeli government fucked up.
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I read this as not invading Rafah for the rest of the hostages which Israel should definitely take.

Literally no country on the planet would take that offer 2 days after oct 7 thats fucking crazy.
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Crimson_Corsair posted...
So let me get this straight... a few days after their horrendous terrorist attack where they took hostages... they offered those hostages back in exchange for not being attacked in the area they primarily operate out of?

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Yeah, no shit that was rejected. No country is going to accept that deal.
That's how hostage-taking works, yes. You get leverage in order to make demands.
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Was it ever confirmed that Israel knew about the planned attack prior to it happening?
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party_animal07 posted...
Was it ever confirmed that Israel knew about the planned attack prior to it happening?

They were warned about an attack and I think there was evidence of hamas training for an attack but details like the date were unknown.

Still shockingly incompetent though because the date was significant. Like they should have been on high alert for sure.
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Crimson_Corsair posted...
So let me get this straight... a few days after their horrendous terrorist attack where they took hostages... they offered those hostages back in exchange for not being attacked in the area they primarily operate out of?

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Yeah, no shit that was rejected. No country is going to accept that deal.

What about the innocent people that Israel has taken. Using this logic what should happen there ?

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Defending Israel's actions is basically no different than defending what Hamas did on 10/7. It's gross.
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Garioshi posted...
That's how hostage-taking works, yes. You get leverage in order to make demands.

a terrorist organization that just slaughtered thousands of civilians doesn't exactly have credibility two days after slaughtering thousands of civilians. bibi is basically a terrorist himself as well, but no legitimate government would ever accept that 'deal'
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VFalcone posted...
Multiple freed hostages described the Hamas captors as respectful and casual. Keeping them fed to a degree, and giving them medical care.

Fucking yikes. I hope you take other hostages word for it that they were repeatedly raped and assaulted as well.
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andel posted...
a terrorist organization that just slaughtered thousands of civilians doesn't exactly have credibility two days after slaughtering thousands of civilians. bibi is basically a terrorist himself as well, but no legitimate government would ever accept that 'deal'
So instead they fired on civilians and the hostages.
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Honestly I'm surprised the Israelis didn't take the deal and then attack anyway.
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ZMythos posted...
So instead they fired on civilians and the hostages.

yeah, bibi is essentially a terrorist and criminal himself as well
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VFalcone posted...
It's not like I just made it up. Those are the stories they told. I can't speak on stories from after I stopped making making the threads. At the time though, there were no firsthand accounts of rape by freed hostages and the Red Cross also checked and cleared them. Hostages were returned in good health without evidence of assault. The Israeli government said after the fact that hostages were beaten, raped, and killed in captivity. Completely contrary to what the Red Cross said. Like the little girl they claimed was raped and killed but was actually alive and totally fine.

https://www.cnn.com/2024/03/26/middleeast/amit-soussana-israeli-hostage-hamas-sexual-assault-intl/index.html

obviously hamas is explicitly a terrorist group that murdered thousands of people and took hostages, it's weird af that you would try and make them out to be an 'aww shucks what did i get myself into' gag reel instead of insane and evil terrorists. just because the far right israeli government is bad doesn't mean the shitheels in hamas aren't just as bad
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VFalcone posted...
The Israeli government said after the fact that hostages were beaten, raped, and killed in captivity.

Released hostages are saying that.

That there were a few stories that some of the hostages were treated humanely doesn't mean they all were.

You're just repeating straight hamas propaganda.
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The 1,500ish killed on Oct. 7th pales in comparison to what Israel continues to do, 7-8 months later.

Where is the limit?

why is nobody asking why it happened in the first place? Israel encroaching on the West Bank and stealing settlements wholesale from the Palestinians. Jailing, beating, maiming, killing kids. Forcing an entire group of people into whats essentially a walled city, limiting their movements for years.

It is on Hamas as well, but lets not pretend this is a war it is not a war at this point that much is clear.

Israel wants Gaza. They got business moguls already divvying up land. They openly brag about it. And instead of using education and indoctrination over time, they create animosity and more fuel for Hamas regime.
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andel posted...
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This happened in March so I wasn't following the stories anymore. Point taken.

obviously hamas is explicitly a terrorist group that murdered thousands of people and took hostages, it's weird af that you would try and make them out to be an 'aww shucks what did i get myself into' gag reel instead of insane and evil terrorists. just because the far right israeli government is bad doesn't mean the shitheels in hamas aren't just as bad
Didn't say they weren't terrorists. I said evidence suggests that they didn't think it would go as far as it has, and didn't think Israel would bomb the hostages. I mean shit, you were literally posting in the live threads. Not sure why you're acting like this didn't happen
Shadow_Don posted...
Released hostages are saying that.

That there were a few stories that some of the hostages were treated humanely doesn't mean they all were.

You're just repeating straight hamas propaganda.
Not even going to post anymore. You're another user who posted in the live threads so the fact that you're acting like I'm making stuff up now is messed up.

It's too bad I can't pull up the facts because the threads have long since been purged
VFalcone posted...
Not even going to post anymore. You're another user who posted in the live threads so the fact that you're acting like I'm making stuff up now is messed up.

It's too bad I can't pull up the facts because the threads have long since been purged

Yes. Its true that some hostages were treated ok. Thats not in dispute.

But you took that and ran with a really fucking disgusting narrative or seemed to imply that hostages in general have been treated good by hamas. Its just not true.
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Yazarogi posted...
The 1,500ish killed on Oct. 7th pales in comparison to what Israel continues to do, 7-8 months later.

Where is the limit?

why is nobody asking why it happened in the first place? Israel encroaching on the West Bank and stealing settlements wholesale from the Palestinians. Jailing, beating, maiming, killing kids. Forcing an entire group of people into whats essentially a walled city, limiting their movements for years.

It is on Hamas as well, but lets not pretend this is a war it is not a war at this point that much is clear.

Israel wants Gaza. They got business moguls already divvying up land. They openly brag about it. And instead of using education and indoctrination over time, they create animosity and more fuel for Hamas regime.

bibi is an extremist right wing war criminal and he is opportunistically using this to shift the focus away from his criminal acts and trials and has used it to consolidate more power. there are even worse high ranking officials in the government than him.
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VFalcone posted...
This happened in March so I wasn't following the stories anymore. Point taken.

Didn't say they weren't terrorists. I said evidence suggests that they didn't think it would go as far as it has, and didn't think Israel would bomb the hostages. I mean shit, you were literally posting in the live threads. Not sure why you're acting like this didn't happen

i don't disagree that some hostages said they weren't beaten and raped and tortured, i just thought your tone and intent in that post seemed really alarming
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Ah yes, it's totally a viable political stance to just sit on your laurels after a massive terrorist attack shakes your entire nation. You'll get the hostages they took back and everything will be right as rain!

Are you all actually insane or something?
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the_rowan posted...
Ah yes, it's totally a viable political stance to just sit on your laurels after a massive terrorist attack shakes your entire nation. You'll get the hostages they took back and everything will be right as rain!

Are you all actually insane or something?

SO where does the killing innocent people fit in there ?
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SO where does the killing innocent people fit in there ?
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the_rowan posted...
Ah yes, it's totally a viable political stance to just sit on your laurels after a massive terrorist attack shakes your entire nation. You'll get the hostages they took back and everything will be right as rain!

Are you all actually insane or something?
If they cared about the hostages, they were handed them on a silver platter.
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Garioshi posted...
If they cared about the hostages, they were handed them on a silver platter.

Again: are you insane? You just casually allow a terrorist cell to kill over a thousand people and walk away without consequences because they took hostages?

There is literally no way you are arguing in good faith. Literally any nation on earth would be in up in revolution if their government accepted a hostage deal like that. You are basically waving a green flag for every rogue faction to do whatever the hell it wants to you as long as they keep some hostages each time. You are also assuming good faith from fucking HAMAS, you know, the terrorist organization that has no political accountability since it's not a national government, with absolutely no history of honoring ceasefires, with a mission statement of annihilating your entire nation.

Israel could viably try to negotiate from that offer towards "We also want total disarmament" (although they'd never get it and thus negotiations would just be a waste of time in an urgent situation), but just taking a hostage deal in exchange for no response to an attack of that scale is so absolutely irresponsible that even the most peace-loving governments would be unable to take it.

Like if this was a hostage negotiation over abducting a bus of people in the West Bank or something, then it's absolutely on the table for Israel to accept demands for their release. But no nation can just not respond after such a massive breach of public safety.
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Garioshi posted...
It isn't about the hostages and it has never been about the hostages

This became apparent to me from A) Netanyahu's indiscriminate bombing and B) when those IOF soldiers shot shirtless, unarmed, white flag-waving escaped hostages begging for help in Hebrew, thinking they were Palestinians civilians they could kill and not be reprimanded for.
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andel posted...
https://www.cnn.com/2024/03/26/middleeast/amit-soussana-israeli-hostage-hamas-sexual-assault-intl/index.html

obviously hamas is explicitly a terrorist group that murdered thousands of people and took hostages, it's weird af that you would try and make them out to be an 'aww shucks what did i get myself into' gag reel instead of insane and evil terrorists. just because the far right israeli government is bad doesn't mean the shitheels in hamas aren't just as bad

Hamas basically blew up dozens of Civilian buses and took credit for it in the 90s. They did the most bombings.

Call me crazy, but I don't really feel like the "language of the unheard" involves detonating explosives on public transport.
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Shadow_Don posted...
Fucking yikes. I hope you take other hostages word for it that they were repeatedly raped and assaulted as well.

I saw a hostage (85-year-old Yocheved Lifshitz) describe what Falcone is talking about. I've seen freed Palestinian hostages from the IDF talk about abuse and sexual assault in prison.

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Yazarogi posted...
The 1,500ish killed on Oct. 7th pales in comparison to what Israel continues to do, 7-8 months later.
The official number is 1139.
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