Hamas has claimed its youngest hostage - a 10-month-old boy - has been killed along with his four-year-old brother and their mother.
Shiri Bibas and Kfir and Ariel Bibas were taken during the terror attack on Israel in October and were the highest-profile civilian hostages yet to be freed.
I don’t think the hostage taking is truly evil. Much of what Hamas did when they attacked was the worst of humanity, but hostage taking itself is an act of desperation. At least some of the hostages have been treated well which shows that some of the members of Hamas feel guilty about “having” (in their eyes) to take hostages.