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Genuinely asking… what has worked in getting hostages beyond the temporary peace deal? I saw Israel had already accidentally shot their own hostages who managed to escape Hamas. In a war like that, how can Israel even free the hostages by this dropping bombs method, if the hostages get out they will be shot by their own military?


> I saw Israel had already accidentally shot their own hostages who managed to escape Hamas.

For me, the most tragic aspect is that those three hostages where gunned down while shirtless, in civilian pants, waving white flags, because they were mistaken for three shirtless Palestinian civilians, trying to surrender waving white flags. The execution wouldn't be justified in either case, and is damning evidence of the treatment Israeli forces give Palestinian civilians.


Just making the deal compelling enough is what seemed to work. Israel is giving 3 militants back to Hamas for every 1 civilian hostage.


The one thing that has worked is bombing and overwhelming them into temporary ceasefire solder exchange.


The hostages themselves have said they were most afraid of being killed by the IDF's bombing campaign.


Apparently it’s a military doctrine? The hannibal directive, or something like that.


Something like that indeed. More specifically, the Dahiya doctrine[0] from what I can tell:

[0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dahiya_doctrine




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