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Traumatized Thai farmer recounts horror of Hamas massacre as families wait for news of loved ones held hostage | CNN

edition.cnn.com Traumatized Thai farmer recounts horror of Hamas massacre as families wait for news of loved ones held hostage | CNN

Touching the side of his neck gingerly, 30-year-old Withawat Kunwong reveals a jagged network of scars he received after being attacked at a poultry farm where he had been working in southern Israel.

The Thai government has called for the release of all remaining citizens being held in Gaza. So far at least 33 Thai nationals have been killed, according to figures shared by Thai authorities with CNN – with 18 Thai nationals still being held hostage as of October 26.

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Hamas could achieve a cease-fire right now by releasing the hostages. But then they would have to account for the ones they have already murdered.
- I'm pretty sure that's not true. Hamas has already tried that path, but Israel is out for blood. Netenyahu's position is that the incursion should proceed even though it'll kill hostages.
- Who is down voting this and why are you down voting it? Explain yourself
  
  Troll farms or pro hamas tankies
  
  stop caring for downvotes on this topic. this discussion has lost its objectivity a long time ago and the current meta is that israel is bad and should somehow bow to terrorism.
  
  I don't know why though 😅
  
  I did. There's no fucking way this all stops if Hamas just releases the hostages. This is a completely delusional statement.
  
  Because I can.
  
  Lol, lets just assume for simplicity this is exactly what Hamas demands:
  
  Cease-Fire agreement if we release the Hostages
  
  Israel doesn't care, they already killed several hostages in the bombing runs. Hell the US probably had to tell them to hold back to give them more time for negotiations. They will not accept any agreement with Hamas, so the only thing Hamas would accomplish releasing the Hostages with no agreement would be an instant full invasion.
  
  Moreover, the actual demands from Hamas are basically cease fire + release arrested hamas members in exchange for hostages. Surprisingly, I don't think they actually made one of those impossible demands like "cease the existence of Israel's government"
  
  The reason Hamas is trickling out hostages is because unlike Israel, every other nation does care about the hostages, especially the international ones. Hamas knows this, and can use it as leverage to force Israel to either slow down, stop, or eventually negotiate some sort of agreement. The most important one obviously being the American hostages because the USA has direct military involvement and leverage over Israel.
  
  Whether or not it works is a different story.
  
  Actually I don’t see one downvote to the comment. But I am a Kbin user so it is always a bit different here.
  
  Just one question: You are usually not able to see who favorited or reduced a comment/article on Lemmy? On kbin you get all those infos.
- That's a lot of down votes for an honest statement
Wait, did I understand this correctly? Even if there are a lot of unemployed Palestinians and Lebanese that will work for cheap, they prefer to hire a semi-slave from another continent?

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