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IDF: Hostages likely being held underground in Gaza, military will not target civilians UPDATE: 199 hostages ID’d.
2023-10-16
Those not already murdered, that is. Though Hamas is just as willing to trade Israeli corpses as Israelis for their imprisoned terrorists.
[IsraelTimes] A front man for the Israel Defense Forces says the top priority in the military operation is to rescue the hostages, who are "most likely" being held underground.

Noting the "elaborate network of tunnels" in the Gazoo
...Hellhole adjunct to Israel and Egypt's Sinai Peninsula, inhabited by Gazooks. The place was acquired in the wake of the 1967 War and then presented to Paleostinian control in 2006 by Ariel Sharon, who had entered his dotage. It is currently ruled with an iron fist by Hamas with about the living conditions you'd expect. It periodically attacks the Hated Zionist Entity whenever Iran needs a ruckus created or the hard boyz get bored, getting thumped by the IDF in return. The ruling turbans then wave the bloody shirt and holler loudly about oppression and disproportionate response...
Strip, Lt. Col. Jonathan Conricus tells CNN
...formerly the Cable News Network, now who know what it might stand for...
the 150-200 people kidnapped by Hamas
...the well-beloved offspring of the Moslem Brotherhood,...
holy warriors are "most likely held underground in various locations."

"It is extremely difficult for any modern military to fight in such a dense urban area," he says.

Conricus additionally says the IDF will not target civilians.

"But again, we must remember... we are going to fight a ruthless enemy that has no problems using everything available... civilians as human shields and using civilian infrastructure for military purposes," he adds.
Update from the Times of Israel at 8:40 a.m. ET:
The IDF says it has identified at least 199 people taken hostage by Hamas in Gaza and informed their families.
Posted by:trailing wife

#17  Weapons Free, Otto Bitch!
Posted by: Frank G   2023-10-16 19:18  

#16  I’m tired of his vicious idiocy. He’s posted enough to be predictable, so no need to actually see which of his small selection of concepts he is going to choose next time.

Moderators, feel free to spamcop Otto Gurly-Brown9938 on sight, no matter what nym he might assume to pretend he is actually someone else.
Posted by: trailing wife   2023-10-16 18:22  

#15  Hamas terror army has two arms.
First Hamas attacks, shoots missiles, whatever.
Then millions of Gurly-Browns in the West World swing into action - of behalf of Gazan women & children.
Western politicians respond to the "call of the people" and Israel is stopped.
Then Hamas attacks again.
Posted by: Grom the Reflective   2023-10-16 15:15  

#14  גאווה ודעה קדומה

As set on the sand by Mack Sennett:
"That stuff you been sayin', you meant it?"
"Yeah! How many kids
Did you kill today, [bang]
You, a terrorist, too, Mr. Bennett?
...Althæabud..."
Posted by: Thish Shons1227   2023-10-16 15:05  

#13  Remember the Hitler Jugend equipped with panzerfausts defending Berlin? Were they "helpless noncombatants"? The *elasticity* of the term 'minors' makes me suspicious whenever I see it brought up.
Posted by: magpie   2023-10-16 15:02  

#12  Re # 8 I seem to recall the minors celebrating after 9/11 and the latest attack in Israel. I see no difference in age when you are an enemy. Get .the fuck over your holier than thou self and stfu
Posted by: Chris   2023-10-16 13:53  

#11  Half of the population of Gaza are minors.

Which is why Israel told their parents to get out of the way of the bombing runs in the north. You can’t have it both ways, you disingenuous idiot: it is Hamas that is trapping civilians in the danger zone so they’ll be killed, while Israel is trying to get them off the target so they’ll be safe.
Posted by: trailing wife   2023-10-16 13:47  

#10  Yes, ever wonder where "Hitler Youth" come from?
Posted by: M. Murcek   2023-10-16 10:42  

#9  ^nits make lice
Posted by: Grom the Reflective   2023-10-16 10:26  

#8  
Posted by: Otto Gurly-Brown9938   2023-10-16 10:15  

#7  Pity there is not some magic filter that could separate Hamas from your generic Paleostinian.

I wonder if such a technology could identify non-leftist white people who are not nazis...
Posted by: M. Murcek   2023-10-16 09:12  

#6  ^^ kill em all and be done with it
Posted by: Chris   2023-10-16 09:09  

#5  Pity there is not some magic filter that could separate Hamas from your generic Paleostinian. Even ex-Gen. Weasely Clark in that CNN interview says Hamas must be destroyed. Doing so is left as an Exercise for the Reader. Bonus points if you can do it without killing everybody.
Posted by: SteveS   2023-10-16 09:06  

#4  Nor to Gurly-Browns of the World, TW. Not then one side are "freedom fighters".
Posted by: Grom the Reflective   2023-10-16 02:47  

#3  Targetting is what Hamas and Islamic Jihad did when they went looking for babies to behead.

Collateral damage is what happens when civilians happen to be there when a military target is hit, or when the military target deliberately pulls in civilians to be meat shields.

There’s a big difference.
Posted by: trailing wife   2023-10-16 02:44  

#2  More like pest control, Otto.
Posted by: Grom the Reflective   2023-10-16 02:14  

#1  
Posted by: Otto Gurly-Brown9938   2023-10-16 01:45  

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