Monday 15 January 2024

Desperate plight of the hostages in Gaza

When and under what circumstances are the 100 or so hostages going to be freed from capture in Gaza? It looks like Hamas won't even contemplate releasing any more while the Israel Defence Forces are still fighting them. It's getting desperdate for the hostages and their families back in Israel because there seems to be no ray of hope for them. Plus, there is the real prospect that perhaps 25 of the hostages are dead. What agony for the families not to know whether their loved ones are dead or alive. Binyamin Netanyahu has said he will fight on until the whole Hamas structure has been destroyed but he hasn't said he will fight on until all the hostages have been released. Now that so much damage has been done to Gaza and so many Palestinian civilians killed, isn't it time to put every effort into finding and freeing the hostages and making that the number one priority? The whole world community should condemn Hamas for still holding hostages after 100 days but of course this won't happen because there are countries which support Hamas, most notably Iran but others, too. So there is no incentive for Hamas to free the hostages. As I have written before, where are the great world figures stepping in to sort out this crisis? Right now, all the West is worried about are the Houthis but they are a very minor bit-part player in this regional war. What needs solving is Gaza.

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