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Eugene

(62,623 posts)
Sun Jan 21, 2024, 06:06 PM Jan 2024

Israel drops leaflets on under-siege Palestinians asking for their help to find Israeli hostages, as Gaza death toll hit

Source: Business Insider

Israel drops leaflets on under-siege Palestinians asking for their help to find Israeli hostages, as Gaza death toll hits 25,000

Alia Shoaib
Sun, January 21, 2024 at 9:53 AM EST·2 min read

•Israel dropped leaflets asking Gaza's residents for help finding the remaining hostages taken by Hamas.
•132 hostages taken on October 7 remain unaccounted for, Israel says.
•The death toll in Gaza has topped 25,000 amid the continued bombardment of the besieged enclave.

Israeli forces have dropped leaflets in Gaza asking residents for help finding hostages taken by Hamas on October 7, as bombardment of the besieged strip continues.

The leaflets dropped in Rafah, in the south of the Gaza strip, on Saturday featured photos of 33 hostages with their names written in Arabic.

"Do you want to return home? Please make the call if you recognize one of them," the leaflets read, per Reuters.

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Read more: https://news.yahoo.com/israel-drops-leaflets-under-siege-145327287.html

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Israel drops leaflets on under-siege Palestinians asking for their help to find Israeli hostages, as Gaza death toll hit (Original Post) Eugene Jan 2024 OP
That should go over well with the Palestinians, after Israel killed thousands of their family members. brush Jan 2024 #1
My thought exactly, plus no_hypocrisy Jan 2024 #2
so bombs would be better than leaflets? lapfog_1 Jan 2024 #4
they are getting leaflets...and bombs nt msongs Jan 2024 #5
Not to worry, they are on it. Sneederbunk Jan 2024 #3

brush

(57,086 posts)
1. That should go over well with the Palestinians, after Israel killed thousands of their family members.
Sun Jan 21, 2024, 06:10 PM
Jan 2024

Are they entirely clueless in the Netanyahu/Likud government?

no_hypocrisy

(48,555 posts)
2. My thought exactly, plus
Sun Jan 21, 2024, 06:27 PM
Jan 2024

the IDF has destroyed a majority of homes, infrastructure, mosques, hospitals, schools, roads in Gaza, making repatriation nearly impossible.

And what do these "generous" Palestinians get in return for helping to return Israeli hostages? Exile.

lapfog_1

(29,980 posts)
4. so bombs would be better than leaflets?
Sun Jan 21, 2024, 06:59 PM
Jan 2024

or maybe you favor Hamas executing the hostages?

Hamas will not even negotiate the return of the hostages. What would propose that Israel do?

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