Comment on What's the difference between a hostage and a prisoner?
CarbonIceDragon@pawb.social 1 week ago
A hostage implies the purpose of holding that person is as leverage to extract some concession from someone, whereas a prisoner does not necessarily imply that intent and could be held for any reason?
WhatAmLemmy@lemmy.world 1 week ago
The article’s inaccurate then. Israel arrests numerous Palestinians as leverage.