The retribution ratio for the 7 Oct 2023 raid that killed 1,200 Israelis is 40:1. The 250 innocent Israelis were seized to conduct a prisoner swap for any number of the thousands of Palestinians being held incommunicado without trial or hearing in security detention by the IDF.
The only examples in law that speak about a "retribution ratio" is in sentencing guidelines, HRW is using this in a completely novel way to demonize Israel.
Look at the language they chose to use, calling a ultra violent massacre a "raid". I think we are all aware at this point of the astonishing brutality and psychopathic behavior evinced by the perpetrators of these horrific crimes committed on 10/7.
HRW should explain how they know that these Hamas psychos took hostages for prisoner swaps, because we know some were taken to be sex slaves. Moreover, this criminal gang has rejected multiple offers to release the hostages in exchange for the release of Palestinian criminals, all but one has been refused, and nothing on the horizon indicates that Hamas has any intention of releasing hostages, and may not have any control anyway, because other criminal elements in the Palestinian OTs maintain physical control of the hostages.
The hostages need to be released, and Hamas needs to surrender and give up its weapons.
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