‘We are officially hostages’: How the Israeli kibbutz of Nir Oz embodied Hamas’ hostage strategy
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Eight weeks into the Israel-Gaza war, the Nir Oz kibbutz, where militants rampaged unopposed, is perhaps the best place to understand Hamas’ hostage strategy, unprecedented both in scope and execution.