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Iran says Hamas ready to release hostages if Israel stops air strikes as at least 199 now known taken
https://nypost.com/2023/10/16/iran-says-hamas-will-free-hostages-if-air-strikes-end/ ^

Posted on 10/16/2023 9:15:22 AM PDT by Optionhome

Iran says Hamas ready to release hostages if Israel stops air strikes as at least 199 now known taken

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TOPICS: Front Page News; Israel; War on Terror
KEYWORDS: hamas; hostages; iran; israel; toolatehamas; toolateiran
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1 posted on 10/16/2023 9:15:22 AM PDT by Optionhome
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To: Optionhome

Sounds like the air strikes are working. KEEP IT UP!


2 posted on 10/16/2023 9:16:53 AM PDT by FlingWingFlyer (So, when are all these damn "refugees" scheduled to go the hell home? Asking for a friend.)
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To: Optionhome

And these folks always negotiate in good faith.


3 posted on 10/16/2023 9:17:04 AM PDT by BlueStateRightist (Government is best which governs least.)
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To: FlingWingFlyer

Yep. One of the biggest mistakes made during the Vietnam War were the bombing pauses. Whenever the rationale for the pause was found to be ineffective and bombing resumed, pilots had to face beefed up defenses. Unrelenting pressure is the only way to go.


4 posted on 10/16/2023 9:21:22 AM PDT by DeplorablePaul
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To: Optionhome

Bombs away!


5 posted on 10/16/2023 9:21:24 AM PDT by Delta 21 (If anyone is treasonous, it is those who call me such.)
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To: Optionhome

HAMAS was launching missiles/rockets for years, before the HAMAS offensive of October 6, 2023.

HAMAS has continued to launch missiles/rockets every day since.


6 posted on 10/16/2023 9:21:52 AM PDT by linMcHlp
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To: Optionhome

Riiiiiiiight.


7 posted on 10/16/2023 9:22:28 AM PDT by dfwgator (Endut! Hoch Hech!)
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To: Optionhome

Okay.
Stop the airstrikes.
Release the hostages.
Resume the airstrikes.
Problem solved.


8 posted on 10/16/2023 9:23:21 AM PDT by Dr. Marten (Cogito ergo armatum sum.)
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To: Optionhome

Negotiating with Arabs can be fickle

Do what it takes to get them released if possible

Maybe Hamas can see this hasn’t engendered much sympathy for their cause

No clue what they hoped to accomplish by slaughtering the most innocent

Fear I guess


9 posted on 10/16/2023 9:26:39 AM PDT by wardaddy (Civilization cannot tolerate what the world is becoming )
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To: Optionhome
Yet Hamas continues to lob missiles at Israel.

No, they won't release all the prisoners. This is a stalling tactic. Hamas is getting hammered very hard, and having China and Russia beg Israel to pause the bombings and don't do the ground assault tells you everything you need to know.

Hamas is getting its ass kicked severely.

10 posted on 10/16/2023 9:27:50 AM PDT by Pox (Eff You China. Buy American!)
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To: Optionhome

okay, you go first.


11 posted on 10/16/2023 9:28:16 AM PDT by Raycpa
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To: Optionhome
Ha! Hamas went from : "We will video executions for every bomb you drop without 30min notification" to "We are ready to release the hostages.

Good. Empty all IDF prisons. March every paly prisoner back into Gaza AFTER we account for all hostages, or remains.

Then bomb then walk a barrage until they spill into Egypt. Let them build their own nation in the Sinai desert, or ship them to Iran or Turkey.

12 posted on 10/16/2023 9:29:14 AM PDT by DCBryan1 (Inter arma enim silent leges! - Cicero )
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To: Dr. Marten
Yep. Lets play by their rules this time...
13 posted on 10/16/2023 9:30:06 AM PDT by jeffc (Resident of the free State of Florida)
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To: Optionhome

Release them all, alive and unharmed, then, we’ll talk.


14 posted on 10/16/2023 9:30:54 AM PDT by rigelkentaurus
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To: Optionhome

My counter would be the bombings will continue until all the hostages are released. So release them now and the bombing stop.


15 posted on 10/16/2023 9:33:19 AM PDT by cableguymn
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To: DeplorablePaul

You betcha. I agree 100%. Hitting the pause button during a war is like giving the other team time to regroup.


16 posted on 10/16/2023 9:34:28 AM PDT by FlingWingFlyer (So, when are all these damn "refugees" scheduled to go the hell home? Asking for a friend.)
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To: Optionhome

Lucy, football. Carrot, stick. Free beer tomorrow.


17 posted on 10/16/2023 9:34:31 AM PDT by DJ Frisat (If I say something exceptionally stupid, chances are I was writing the influence of AutoCorrect. 🙄🫤)
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To: Optionhome
Agree. Then, when the hostages are released, resume the bombings.
18 posted on 10/16/2023 9:34:56 AM PDT by Kazan
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To: wardaddy

Possibly also government collapse in Israel as a goal of Hamas/Iran.


19 posted on 10/16/2023 9:37:23 AM PDT by PghBaldy (12/14/12 - 930am -rampage begins... 12/15/12 - 1030am - Obama team scouts photo-op locations.)
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To: Optionhome
Still no proof Iran is behind this, Slow Joe?
20 posted on 10/16/2023 9:38:29 AM PDT by DadOfFive (Remember...don't bring a skateboard to a gunfight!)
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