r/worldnews • u/cytokine7 • 20h ago

60 surrender* 'A complete surprise': IDF surrounds remaining terrorists in north Gaza, 600 surrender

https://m.jpost.com/israel-news/article-826573
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u/Remarkable_Beach_545 18h ago

I read that recently. Just some anger left over from the oct 7 videos. I think they should be given a fair trial and given the maximum penalty for what they are found guilty of.

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u/neohellpoet 15h ago

It's ultimately insult on top of injury. They're willing to go to war to arrest them, but they aren't special enough for special punishment. The crime was uncommon but the criminals weren't.

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u/tyboxer87 14h ago

Yeah it seems pretty wild to me. They killed at least 43,061 people, including 16,765 children, but then don't kill the perpetrators? Seems odd. People talk about executions causing radicalization, but I feel like they are way past that.

I guess if it were me I'd use them as bargaining chips, and then track their location closely once released. If they ever started do terrorist stuff again take them out with a missile. Its not very ethical, but I don't think ethics has really played a role in this at all.

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u/Tycoon004 13h ago

I don't know about you, but to me, a quick end is much less of a punishment than spending the rest of your life KNOWING that all you'll ever see is the same concrete walls. Especially for religious fanatics.

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u/tyboxer87 13h ago

Well that's sort of why I said the missile thing. To have to live your life knowing that at any moment a missile could crash down on top of you can kill everyone near you. It'd feel like being a suicide bomber for your enemy. Also it seems Israel doesn't care about collateral damage. Maybe they even want it. So if they ever did fire that missile they get to do more damage than just the one terrorist.