In a Strategic Bind, Israel Weighs Freeing Hostages Against Destroying Hamas
Some Israeli commanders said the two goals were incompatible. Eradicating Hamas would mean a lengthy war that would most likely cost the hostages’ lives.
bind
/bʌɪnd/
verb
- 2.stick together or cause to stick together in a single mass."mix the flour with the coconut and enough egg white to bind them"
noun
- 1.a problematical situation."he is in a bind that gets worse with every passing minute"
- 2.FORMALa statutory constraint."the moral bind of the law"
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