• katy ✨
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    9 months ago

    yes releasing captured soldiers is always a condition; keeping them is called a war crime (see gitmo)

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      9 months ago

      Soldiers wear uniforms. Hamas scumbags wear civilian clothing to blend in which causes an increase in civilian casualties. Which is the reason why non-uniformed combatants don’t get the same protections under international law as unformed combatants do.