you failed to comprehend that my reference to "what the media calls 'the war'" was a reference to what you are calling "the Current War"?
I fully understand that you, like the Zionist propagandists, would prefer to take the short-sighted view of which I posted and briefly discussed, superficially isolating the latest flare-up as if it existed in a vacuum. Well, it doesn't. Let's be honest enough to acknowledge that fact and the implications that arise from an honest examination of that fact.
Of course, we don't know the status of the hostages. We only know that Israel with its incessant application of reckless, murderous bombardment in inflicting collective punishment (a war crime) on the Palestinians has managed to kill at least a few of them.