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2024-05-23 07:35:44 UTC - HELPFUL
Rated by Participant: 6FE6ED59178163C998B5039A685FFE3CD3A4339A9A44AE973A439A5DB11BA4E8
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The hostages who are held against international law by Hamas are idf but aren't combative and aren't considered POW https://m.jpost.com/breaking-news/article-802153 They were taken from their base in their pj's and are still held there today. Taking hostages is a war crime https://ihl-databases.icrc.org/en/customary-ihl/v1/rule96#:~:text=international%20armed%20conflicts.-,International%20and%20non%2Dinternational%20armed%20conflicts,considered%20a%20grave%20breach%20thereof.
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