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2023-12-09 17:52:29 UTC - NOT_HELPFUL
Rated by Participant: D91D08531C90F6C441A66DCBB9F880C3FE9F6D393E027F208F4E2EEAD3C4E65A
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Original Note:
Sahar Baruch was not a POW as the post claims. He was a civilian hostage, a 25-year-old engineering student kidnapped from his home after his brother and grandmother were both murdered by Hamas. Kidnapping and killing him are war crimes. https://www.haaretz.com/israel-news/2023-12-09/ty-article/.premium/sahar-baruch-25-taken-hostage-to-gaza-from-kibbutz-beeri-killed-in-captivity/0000018c-4e5d-db23-ad9f-6edde6c60000 https://casebook.icrc.org/a_to_z/glossary/prisoners-war https://lieber.westpoint.edu/hostage-taking-law-armed-conflict/#:~:text=despite%20media%C2%A0reports%C2%A0mislabeling%20those%20Hamas%20has%20seized%20as%20%E2%80%9Cprisoners%20of%20war%2C%E2%80%9D%20they%20are%20%E2%80%9Chostages%E2%80%9D%20as%20a%20matter%20of%20law.%20The%20acts%20that%20qualify%20them%20as%20hostages%20violate%20treaty%20and%20customary%20international%20law%2C%20and%20persons%20involved%20in%20the%20hostage%2Dtaking%20have%20committed%20war%20crimes.
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