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Hamas won't let anyone, including the Red Cross, know where the hostages are. The article didn't include that.

Hmmm but why would he heckin avenger assembled good guys who din du nuffins do such a thing? :marseythonk:

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To be fair to Hamas, they do it to reduce the risk that the captives' locations will be compromised. The location of captives is only known to the specific fighters that are holding them, which is why it takes multiple days for Hama's to "find" them before release.

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Mmm yes, clearly this is the result of Hamas having detailed plans and not the operation being a chaotic clusterfrick with every r-slur and their brother following along to grab hostages for their five man group. I'm sure it also has nothing to do with the possibility of the Red Cross noticing anything wrong with the hostages conditions.

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They've been doing this for a while and they managed to launch a devastating attack on a country with some of the best glowies in the world. I think they probably have good opsec.

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Like Joist said; it can be both. They can be smart enough to have an attack be successful, but also be overwhelmed with the success which allowed chaotic randoms to take control of hostages and fricks up knowing how many they even actually have, and who's dead or alive. And I find it hard to believe so many young women haven't been seen because they're in such great shape.

I'd like to believe everyone held hostage is under Hamas control and somebody knows where they are, because some sort of order increases the chance of people getting home safe. But frankly, given how hazy they were with counts from the start, I'm doubtful.

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I mean, it can be both. That being said, Hamas is fully aware that Israel has spies amongst its ranks (and most likely spyware and wiretaps on its communication), so the fewer people who know the location, the better. If this weren't the case, they'd simply ask all the fighters to give a list of captives and their locations to central command.

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>distributed network operations

Wow, this is just like my heckin' Splinter Cell.

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