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IDF: Hostages likely being held underground in Gaza, military will not target civilians UPDATE: 199 hostages ID’d.
Those not already murdered, that is. Though Hamas is just as willing to trade Israeli corpses as Israelis for their imprisoned terrorists.
[IsraelTimes] A front man for the Israel Defense Forces says the top priority in the military operation is to rescue the hostages, who are "most likely" being held underground.

Noting the "elaborate network of tunnels" in the Gazoo
...Hellhole adjunct to Israel and Egypt's Sinai Peninsula, inhabited by Gazooks. The place was acquired in the wake of the 1967 War and then presented to Paleostinian control in 2006 by Ariel Sharon, who had entered his dotage. It is currently ruled with an iron fist by Hamas with about the living conditions you'd expect. It periodically attacks the Hated Zionist Entity whenever Iran needs a ruckus created or the hard boyz get bored, getting thumped by the IDF in return. The ruling turbans then wave the bloody shirt and holler loudly about oppression and disproportionate response...
Strip, Lt. Col. Jonathan Conricus tells CNN
...formerly the Cable News Network, now who know what it might stand for...
the 150-200 people kidnapped by Hamas
...the well-beloved offspring of the Moslem Brotherhood,...
holy warriors are "most likely held underground in various locations."

"It is extremely difficult for any modern military to fight in such a dense urban area," he says.

Conricus additionally says the IDF will not target civilians.

"But again, we must remember... we are going to fight a ruthless enemy that has no problems using everything available... civilians as human shields and using civilian infrastructure for military purposes," he adds.
Update from the Times of Israel at 8:40 a.m. ET:
The IDF says it has identified at least 199 people taken hostage by Hamas in Gaza and informed their families.

Posted by: trailing wife 2023-10-16
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