"The militiamen, the Jerusalem paper said, did not cease their attacks, and the body of one of the Soviet diplomats, Arkady Katkov, was found a few days later in a field in Beirut.
The KGB then apparently kidnaped and killed a relative of an unnamed leader of the Shias’ Hezbollah (Party of God) group, a radical, pro-Iranian group that has been suspected of various terrorist activities against Western targets in Lebanon.
Parts of the man’s body, the paper said, were then sent to the Hezbollah leader with a warning that he would lose other relatives in a similar fashion if the three remaining Soviet diplomats were not immediately released. They were quickly freed."
I was just getting ready to relate this story, but you did a much better job of it than I would. The Russians still retain a level of cruelty towards those who cross them. I would imagine that Russian hostages will be quickly released as soon as Hamas verifies their nationality. Ours, not so much
Yes, yes, I know, “Nobody f**ks with a Biden” sounds pretty tough, but the world, including Hamas, knows better.