Maybe I should expand a bit. These particular five women, where unarmed IDF Spotters, at a military base, the morning of October 7th 2023….when approximately 3000 Palestinians (including Hamas and other militant groups in amongst the Palestinian civilians) entered Israel to do what they did.
Yes, these five women in particular were IDF unarmed spotters at the Nahal Oz military base in Israel. That’s why I called them Spotters above in post# 2533, and explained that they where non-combat soldiers (=IDF) in trying to inquire as to what definition was being used to consider them as POW’s. These 5 women are 5/7 taken from that military base Oct 7th, that haven’t be repatriated alive or otherwise.
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That morning about 500 hostages were taken, but about half of them were rescued before they were taken outside of Israel.
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In the 7 months, 2 weeks, & 4 days since this happened, have these five women and the other (who knows how many surviving hostages there really are?) Israelis kidnapped that day being treated as POW’s (?) or are they being treated as Hostages? There is a difference.
By what definition are you considering these five woman as prisoners of war? Granted, Hamas (the governing body of Gaza) are not going to be signatories to the Geneva convention, but if that’s the definition you’re using…there’s more to being a POW than the initial capture.
View attachment 22225Depending on the definition that you’re using with respect to POW’s, 77-year old Hanna Katsir or 13-year old Yagil Yaakov might also have been (or not) prisoners of war…but without you explaining your definition of POW’s regarding these five woman in particular, who knows?
Does this sound like the treatment of prisoners of war? It might depending on the definition I guess…
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