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Israel/Palestine

Beastly Boy

(10,566 posts) Tue Jan 9, 2024, 08:17 AM Jan 2024

IDF knows where Hamas leader is, but won't strike at him because of hostages

Israel appears to know the exact location of Hamas military leader Yahya Sinwar, the ruler of the Gaza Strip and the mastermind of the October 7 terror attacks, according to multiple reports.

However, Sinwar has surrounded himself with a large number of living Israeli hostages, which is preventing the Israel Defense Forces from carrying out a strike on him, Israel Hayom reported Monday.

It followed a similar statement on Kan public radio on Sunday by former Military Intelligence head Amos Yadlin.

https://www.timesofisrael.com/idf-knows-where-hamas-leader-is-but-wont-strike-because-of-hostages-reports/

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IDF knows where Hamas leader is, but won't strike at him because of hostages (Original Post) Beastly Boy Jan 2024 OP

I feel for IDF. What an incredible amount of stress jimfields33 Jan 2024 #1

Sadly, that is why they took hostages. Hamas has no moral code, just an evil ideology. dutch777 Jan 2024 #2

Chickenshit head Butcher, Yahya Sinwar... of Cha Jan 2024 #3

Brave jihadist. Igel Jan 2024 #4

jimfields33

(17,956 posts)

1. I feel for IDF. What an incredible amount of stress

Reply to Beastly Boy (Original post)

Tue Jan 9, 2024, 08:21 AM

Jan 2024

they are under minute by minute. It’s very unusual for hostages to be purposefully in harms way when trying to get the bad guys.

dutch777

(3,292 posts)

2. Sadly, that is why they took hostages. Hamas has no moral code, just an evil ideology.

Reply to Beastly Boy (Original post)

Tue Jan 9, 2024, 09:19 AM

Jan 2024

I wonder if in all the bombing and shelling of tunnels and such hostages have also been killed around command posts and weapons depots that were targeted. Israeli intelligence is good but can only do so much. I feel for the hostages families.