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Sumo
Explain to me what you perceive my prejudices to be?
An airstrike on a densely populated refugee camp is diabolical, and shouldn't happen, 100%.
Everyone has condemned it as they should.
The morally challenging bit for me is when Hamas denies that they are there, and condemns (quite rightly) the bombing of civilians and refugees. Then says basically 'oh by the way, you managed to kill 7 of your hostages too'. What are the hostages doing there, and how did you procure them in the first place? I felt that this was a throwaway news point, when perhaps it shouldn't be.
What should be done? Whats being done by Israel now is terrible and awful. Not doing anything isn't really an option either. Withdrawing from Gaza, West Bank, freeing all Palestinian prisoners would be great. That would be considered as defeat by Israel and victory by Hamas. Potentially emboldening Hamas and other hostile players for further action.
A military operation to rescue hostages held within a refugee camp would also be widely condemned, with potentially greater loss of life to both miltary, civilians and hostages.
What is the exchange rate of military lives lost to save civilian hostage lives? It is typically quite high, but soldiers on both sides have parents, grandparents, husbands, wives, children too.