Israeli military has 'green light' to move into Gaza: official
A military operation to rescue the hostages held by Hamas terrorists appears all but impossible, with experts warning that diplomacy should now be the main focus — as Israel’s military revealed the number of kidnapped has risen to more than 200. Twelve days after Hamas invaded Israel in a surprise terror attack, officials in the Jewish state estimate that 203 people were taken hostage by the terror group — an increase on its previous number of those believed to be kidnapped.
Given the large number of innocent captives — which include children, women and the elderly from about 40 different nations — experts on hostage negotiations fear a military rescue is out of the question and are now calling on the US and Qatar to facilitate a more strategic one. “We’ve not seen a case quite like this in the modern era,” Christopher O’Leary, a former senior FBI official who led many hostage recovery teams, told The Post.
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