Hostages who have been rescued may be found in either a living or deceased condition, but must occur through a rescue operation rather than negotiations.
@AviSchwartz I’m dubious of the “assassination” claim, I really don’t think the mission was to kill specific people. I think it’s most likely that the hostages were mistaken for surrendering Hamas or Gazan civilians.
@DanPowell I meant that the killing was unjust, whether the victims would have been unarmed combatants, Palestinian civilians, or Israelis. Murdering people surrendering is not a rescue.
@AviSchwartz Oh, I was perhaps ascribing a much narrower meaning of “assassination”.
Based on what I’ve seen, I would characterize it as something with a worse valence than assassination, but i carefully chose neutral terms.