The headlines are dominated by the news of six Israeli hostages being found killed in Gaza.

Now according to the Israel Defence Force, the Israeli Army, the hostages were killed by Hamas,

dropped to the head shortly before the IDF reached them.

Hamas denied that and say they were killed by Israeli military activity.

Now as I've said from the beginning, taking hostages is a serious war crime.

If it has killed them, that's a more serious war crime still.

Presumably that would be to stop them being captured alive, if that's true.

War crimes are war crimes regardless of the situation and

dynamic. We do know that in other cases many of the Israeli hostages have been

killed by the Israeli state carpet in Gaza or indeed shooting dead hostages including

those hostages who were waving white flags and yelling in Hebrew for help. Israel

has killed far more of its own hostages than has rescued. Now Benjamin

Nenjah, who the Israeli Prime, has used this news to declare that Hamas

doesn't want a deal.

Now this from him is quite something.

Even the Israeli military is blaming Benjamin Netanyahu for the death of these hostages

because of his refusal to agree

to and he leave his deliberate thwarting

of a ceasefire which would free the Israeli hostages.

And I would say, I would note the Palestinian hostages, I'll talk about them, and end the mass slaughter

of the Palestinian people. Three of the hostages it should be noted were on a list to be

exchanged in the later ceasefire deal but Netanyahu refused to accept

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