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Hamas considers Israeli captives as potential bargaining chips for prisoner release. Really.
2023-10-17
They got a thousand or so for Gilad Shalit after years of tormenting the juices, so it seems reasonable to expect they can get lots more for the 225 250 or so they and other groups acquired recently.
[GEO.TV] Hamas
...a contraction of the Arabic words for "frothing at the mouth",...
, the Paleostinian resistance group, has indicated its readiness to use Israeli captives, kidnapped during an attack on southern Israeli areas, as leverage to secure the release of Paleostinian prisoners held in Israeli jails.

Hamas, which has long demanded the release of around 6,000 Paleostinians detained in Israeli prisons, made this statement through its leader, Khaled Meshaal.
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Meshaal conveyed that the group possesses the means to free all Paleostinians incarcerated in Israeli jails.

The recent incident involved Hamas bandidos bully boyz rampaging through southern Israeli communities and military bases, leading to over 1,300 casualties. Israel's military states that Hamas is currently holding 199 hostages in Gazoo
...Hellhole adjunct to Israel and Egypt's Sinai Peninsula, inhabited by Gazooks. The place was acquired in the wake of the 1967 War and then presented to Paleostinian control in 2006 by Ariel Sharon, who had entered his dotage. It is currently ruled with an iron fist by Hamas with about the living conditions you'd expect. It periodically attacks the Hated Zionist Entity whenever Iran needs a ruckus created or the hard boyz get bored, getting thumped by the IDF in return. The ruling turbans then wave the bloody shirt and holler loudly about oppression and disproportionate response...
, while Hamas claims the number is between 200 and 250.

In 2011, Israel carried out a controversial exchange, releasing hundreds of Paleostinian prisoners in exchange for one Israeli soldier, Gilad Shalit, who had been held for five years. However,
today is that tomorrow you were thinking about yesterday...
a similar exchange in the current situation, with numerous captives involved, appears highly challenging.

Israel, which has responded with Arclight airstrike
...KABOOM!...
s in Gaza resulting in hundreds of Paleostinian casualties, has vowed to free the hostages while also targeting Hamas.

The hostages in question include individuals from various countries, including Thailand and Germany. Other nations have reported their citizens as missing, and there are also Israelis with dual nationality from countries such as the UK and the US believed to be among the kidnapped.

Hamas' armed wing, in a video message, referred to the non-Israeli captives as "guests" and stated they would be released when circumstances permit. However,
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no further details were provided.

Another senior Hamas official, Moussa Abu Marzouk, mentioned that the release of foreign prisoners is complicated due to the ongoing Israeli airstrikes in the Gaza Strip.

The situation remains tense and sensitive, with international attention focused on the potential exchange of captives and the broader conflict between Hamas and Israel.

Related: Hamas: We hold 200 hostages, other factions have about 50; ground op ‘doesn’t scare us’

Posted by:Fred

#3  Now targeting localization of new collections.

Half of Israel's hotel rooms filled with Gaza war evacuees
Posted by: Skidmark   2023-10-17 07:47  

#2  Actually, they are in all probability dead - an opinion based on Arab psychology
Posted by: Grom the Reflective   2023-10-17 02:05  

#1  Somebody has to make the callous decision that these hostages are 'dead' and not let them be used as shields or chips.
Posted by: Glenmore   2023-10-17 00:34  

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