The Zionists wish to continue their war, justify it, expand it, and bring in the West. Hostages are the emotional crux of that justification, and any and all of them may be imaginary at this point. Thus, I found this headline suspect:

Israel drops leaflets in Gaza asking Palestinians for help finding hostages (SCMP 1/21/2024)

If the Israelis want their hostages back, isn't it infinitely easier just to deal directly with Hamas? And Hamas must keep them safe, since a dead hostage is no hostage at all, correct? The story is nonsense and a psyop.

The full article is paywalled, but the psyop is confirmed by the subhead:

• ‘Do you want to return home?’ Displaced civilians seeking refuge in Rafah were urged to ‘make the call’ if they saw one of 33 captives held by Hamas

They simply cannot help themselves, can they? The overall thesis, that the war is all about Israeli aggression and nothing at all to do with hostages--real or fictitious--is confirmed by the second subhead:

• Israeli planes and tanks intensified their bombardment in Jabalia on the northern edge of Gaza, and in Khan Younis and Rafah in the south

You have to wonder is this all started with, "ChatGPT, make me a flyer asking for the whereabouts of 33 Jewy-looking hostages...."