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Hamas tells negotiators it doesn’t have 40 Israeli hostages needed for first round of ceasefire (www.cnn.com)

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[–] lemmyman 15 points 9 months ago (1 children)

I'm lacking context or something because I don't understand why that is so significant.

[–] [email protected] 26 points 9 months ago

It means most of the hostages aren't "civilians" as many people claim. So they're more like POWs.

There aren't really many "civilians" in israel to begin with tbf, except children. Half the population are IDF conscripts, and most of the other half are fascist settlers and colonizers just the same. Those were the main casualties in the Oct 7 attack too.