Why is the IDF saying "hostages" when we all know its a body recovery mission?

During the operation to rescue the bodies of 6 Israeli hostages, the forces located a tunnel shaft about 10 meters deep leading to an underground tunnel route. The soldiers investigated the route and neutralized the blast doors, weapons, explosives and hideouts used by the… pic.twitter.com/qcbA1FQlkn

— Israel Defense Forces (@IDF) August 20, 2024

This is one of things that irk the hell outta me in this war. The IDF keeps talking about recovering hostages. They're not. Its an easy assumption to believe that anyone still with the Hamas terrorist (Palestinians) is dead. Full stop. If it was about getting their people back alive then the war would have been delayed and that part of things would have been negotiated. They chose to go immediately to war and once the first bomb dropped the fate of those taken was sealed. I hate the word play that Defense Depts/Ministries engage in these days.