Israeli hostages held with ‘other militant groups’ making ground invasion risky

“Its clear to us that they are being held in separate places and some of them may not even be in Hamass hands.”

Some of the hostages could be “with other militant groups”, so the Israeli ground invasion would be “risky in a way that might endanger their lives”, says The Times’ world affairs editor, Catherine Philp.

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