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In Gaza City, Israel Looks for a Way to Kill Hamas but Not Its Hostages
(Wall Street Journal) Dov Lieber - As Israel's military closes in on Hamas in Gaza City, Hamas has warned it will kill the Israeli hostages if the IDF tries to free them by force. The densely packed battlefield also raises the risk of accidental deaths. Israel's security services say they are moving troops into Gaza City cautiously because of the danger to the hostages, slowing the ground offensive. Being on the ground in Gaza City will give Israel's troops a chance to gather real-time intelligence on the hostages' whereabouts, said Brig.-Gen. (res.) Danny Van Buren. Hamas has a vested interest in keeping them alive as a hedge for the militants' own safety, he said. According to Israel, 42 of the hostages taken alive during Oct. 7 were killed in captivity in Gaza.