Seems if HAMAS releases the hostages all the utilities

[boston bean]

are turned back on.

Seems simple enough.

Blame HAMAS for their citizens suffering, ok?!

[madaboutharry]

1. That would make too much sense, boston bean.

Apparently, no one in the media has that level of thinking skills!

[brooklynite]

2. I'm sure that'll be on the top of their to do list...

Right before applying for killing thousands of civilians and promising that it won’t happen again.

[LexVegas]

3. Blame Hamas? Novel. nt

[boston bean]

4. It is lacking in many ways.

[RockRaven]

5. It requires tremendous optimism to believe that those conditions *can* be fulfilled, assuming

of course that the ultimatum means released alive (formulating such an ultimatum in any other form does not bear considering). Does anyone really believe some of the hostages haven't been killed already?

[boston bean]

6. They ought to return the living and the dead hostages.

They can do that. Will they. Probably not.

[TexasDem69]

7. Pretty sure I saw a blurb earlier today

Maybe from BBC stating that video showed that some hostages were murdered shortly after they were taken.

[prodigitalson]

8. Did you see the hostages being beaten by the bystanders as they were driven through town?

I hate to say it but I don't hold out much hope for the hostages. Besides the brutality of it, it shows a real lack of discipline on the part of the terrorists, or the lack of a concern with keeping them alive - which seems like you'd want to do if trading them for jailed terrorists is your plan. Driving them through town so the locals can hit them with 2x4s doesn't seem consistent with a well thought out plan to keep them alive for later. And I don't think Israel is in the mood for a swap.

[lamp_shade]

9. My great fear is that all hostages have already been killed. nt