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Originally Posted by Pointman
No. Cutting down electricity, water and fuel supplies entirely is a leverage to free hostages. The absence of water and electricity in Gaza is now fully a fault of Hamas. They can release hostages at any point and get water and electricity to people who elected them. They can't even play the "war crime" card, because taking hostages, even soldiers, is a war crime itself. Can't even call Red Cross or UN. They will be like: "You want water? Free hostages".
It's official conditions now:
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2023/...ee-israel-says |
I'm not sure how successful that gambit will be. Hamas members are fine with dying. Starvation and thirst are just more punishment from Israel, one they relish. Sadly, I'm not holding a lot of hope for the hostages. Their captors are not rational.