• hassanmckusick@lemmy.discothe.quest
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    1 year ago

    They could get the credit for releasing the hostages even if a bombing later destroys the Red Cross building.

    You’re not giving an honest answer. How can you release a hostage to somewhere that isn’t safe? Why not just release them inside Gaza 2 minutes from the building where their being held? What if they get attacked on the way to release the hostage?

    Your answer is cute and works for middle school dodgeball but doesn’t work in a world where governments actively engage in disinformation campaigns

    • jet@hackertalks.com
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      1 year ago

      They have the options of releasing hostages. They could live stream the entire thing. They could bring a reporter along. They could demonstrate their intention.

      And yes there’s active bombings, but the probability is they would be able to make it to a UN compound, or the Red Cross.

      The fact that they were able to release two hostages I believe it was yesterday, through the Red Cross, demonstrates they can.

      I only take issue with the fact that they said they were unable to release hostages without Israeli support. Clearly that’s not true, as they demonstrated yesterday by the release of two hostages to the Red Cross