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2023-12-02 18:48:30 UTC - HELPFUL
Rated by Participant: EDAA780D08F4628104D0768AA2413DFBC4543BBDA581092F0E7C01CF1D6DF255
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These hostage videos are psychological warfare strategy used by Hamas.The goal is to manipulate the public into seeing Hamas as humanitarians to garner sympathy for their cause. The released hostages have since opened up about the brutality of their treatment by Hamas. https://jcpa.org/psychological-factors-and-the-hamas-war-strategy/ https://www.timesofisrael.com/keep-waving-daily-hamas-propaganda-clips-show-freed-hostages-forced-goodbyes/ https://nationalpost.com/news/world/israel-middle-east/children-taken-hostage-by-hamas-branded-with-a-burn-mark-lest-they-escape-family-says/wcm/63049c9c-4bcb-45dd-8823-b6eaa0cce03c/
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