[raxxor]

> Taking hostages has practical benefits.

So is leveling a country if you want to demonstrate consequences of an attack.

We should not argue like this, but this is the level you propose and demand with your justifications for terrorist attacks.

[malandrew]

Fair enough. It was a poor choice of words. I wasn't trying to justify the taking of hostages. I was trying to raise a discussion that we should be demanding more evidence about what actually happened on October 7th and that such evidence most certainly exists (assuming it hasn't been intentionally destroyed).

In another comment I just made I raise a question about the makeup of the 251 hostages. I'm genuinely interested in knowing how many of them were civilian hostages and how many are IDF soldiers and therefore prisoners of war.

This same question applies to the hostages that Israel has taken as well. They are portrayed as prisoners/detainees, but other than the legitimate combatants, all others are effectively hostages as well.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mass_detentions_in_the_Israel%...

relevant illustration: https://www.reddit.com/r/PropagandaPosters/comments/16w6g5l/...