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As more than 100 hostages are being held by Hamas in facilities across Gaza, the Israeli Defense Forces (IDF) are preparing a ground offensive to rescue them.
Sky News analyst Sean Bell discusses how troops might try to do this and the risks involved. He writes:
With more than 100 hostages being held in facilities across the Gaza Strip, it will be extremely difficult to track down and free them all.
The IDF will use all means at their disposal to gather intelligence - whether from the ground, from intercepting communications, from satellite imagery or from allies - to enable special forces to locate and then free as many hostages as possible.
But it seems that the Israelis will focus on their primary objective of destroying Hamas.
Although the hostages' primary value to Hamas requires them to be alive, given the brutality of the conflict so far, the group can use social media to amplify the conditions the hostages face and actually demonstrate what could happen if Hamas' demands are not met.
Hamas has previously indicated it is prepared to use hostages as human shields in an attempt to protect its infrastructure.
Resolving the hostage situation requires negotiation and compromise; it seems unlikely that Israel has an appetite for either. / Sky News
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