This is a pretty good example of what I mean when I say, over and over, that the proper distinction in war is not civilian/military, but combatant/non-combatant. Civilians guarding hostages on behalf of a terrorist group are combatants and perfectly legitimate targets.

Kosher

@koshercockney · Twitter · 2025-01-30 13:59 UTC

A Gazan woman that kept the hostages: "We took their prisoners out of our house, whom we guarded throughout the war." Do you understand now?