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2024-06-08 22:05:52 UTC - HELPFUL
Rated by Participant: 669F2B35E9D0D283C0BE616ED80431CF5FCB9A8E5E903BDBB406D9B8B0C9DDD4
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The four rescued hostages were not "Prisoners of War." They were civilians taken hostage on 10/7 at the Nova Music Festival. Two were attending the concert and 2 were civilian security guards at the concert. They were being held hostage in civilian apartment blocks. https://www.cnn.com/2024/06/08/middleeast/four-israeli-hostages-freed-gaza-intl/index.html https://www.icrc.org/en/document/prisoners-war-what-you-need-know%E2%80%8B https://www.cbsnews.com/news/hamas-israel-war-hostage-video-noa-argamani-idf/ https://abcnews.go.com/International/israel-hamas-gaza-hostages-families-almog-meir-jan/story?id=104343546 https://www.themoscowtimes.com/2023/10/09/one-russian-dead-4-others-missing-in-hamas-attack-on-israel-embassy-a82706 https://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-67053011
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