Talk:Mosab Abu Toha

Arrest vs. Kidnapping
Mosab Abu Toha has not been charged with a crime, nor are his whereabouts known. Moreover, it is not clear to me that the IDF has the authority to arrest Toha under the authority of any applicable law and to my knowledge, no one has made a claim to that effect. Therefore, I think that his detention by Israeli forces meets the definition of kidnapping, and it is inappropriate to call it an arrest, at least until a claim is made that he is guilty of some crime and was arrested for violating a specific law. However, I recognize that much of the existing coverage of this event describes it as an arrest, despite lacking the evidence to back up this assertion. I am not an expert on international law and the authority of armies over civilian populations during a wartime occupation, so I would like to see if a consensus can be established on this issue or if discussion might lead to a more accurate and nuanced article. Unbandito (talk) 02:13, 21 November 2023 (UTC)


 * For the time being, I have changed the word "arrested" to "detained". Unbandito (talk) 02:15, 21 November 2023 (UTC)