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2024-06-09 17:08:50 UTC - HELPFUL
Rated by Participant: 251690053FAB18022F0E92111B08D7EAE7368661301665F2020CE2D673133BD0
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Missing Important Context: The hostages were being held among, & with, civilians which is a war crime. Hamas had refused to release all the hostages & during the rescue they opened fire, in the presence of civilians, with machine guns & RPGs resulting in a firefight: https://www.hrw.org/news/2023/10/19/hamas-islamic-jihad-holding-hostages-war-crime https://guide-humanitarian-law.org/content/article/3/human-shields/ https://foreignpolicy.com/2023/12/21/hamas-cease-fire-hostages-israel-un-security-council-prague-mass-shooting-university/ https://www.politico.eu/article/hamas-russia-release-hostages-cease-fire-israel-war/ https://www.timesofisrael.com/operation-arnon-how-4-hostages-were-freed-from-hamas-captivity-in-central-gaza
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