Egypt Finds 'Captives' Under Rubble, Not Civilians
Egyptian heavy machinery has reportedly entered Gaza to clear debris and search for Israeli captives. Curiously, the search for the tens of thousands of Palestinians, many of them children, still buried under the very same rubble after months of bombardment, seems to be a secondary objective. The media frames this as a search for 'captives,' neatly sidestepping the fact that Hamas has stated many
captives have been killed in Israeli airstrikes—the same airstrikes that created the rubble in the first place. This initiative, 'coordinated with Israel,' occurs after 80% of Gaza's buildings are destroyed and UNRWA warns of imminent famine. One might wonder if the search for living, breathing Palestinian survivors is somehow less compelling than the search for those with specific political
value. Priorities, after all, are loud and clear when the coordinated effort focuses on retrieving captives while blocking life-saving aid for the general populace.