I am very upset.
It can take some time for the IDF to release information about soldiers injured and dead in battle. It can take time to identify the bodies properly and then to inform the families.
When the 13 soldiers were killed in battle on Saturday night, it took an unusually long amount of time for the information to be made public. (it was unfortunately on the rumor mills on Whatsapp and various online forums almost immediately).
It seems that part of the reason it took so long is because
I have now heard that one of the reasons it took so long is because there was a major battle over the bodies of the soldiers. It took time for Israel to be able to recover the bodies under fire, and only then to confirm the identities and inform the families.
After Hamas would not allow Israel to retrieve the bodies of the dead soldiers, they then had the gall to ask for a cease-fire so they could retrieve the bodies of their fighters? And Israel said yes? that they then broke the cease-fire comes as no surprise, but that they asked for one and were granted one, after trying to prevent Israel from retrieving its bodies, now upsets me.
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