A day after President Biden suggested there could be a deal as soon as Monday, a Hamas official indicated the group would not trade Israeli troops held hostage for Palestinians imprisoned for terrorism.
Especially since, without a permanent ceasefire, this is just an exchange of hostages. And Israel can very easily just continue to grab Palestinians off the street, proclaim them to be ‘Hamas’ and hold them indefinitely, giving them an infinite supply of hostages to hold over Hamas.
Especially since, without a permanent ceasefire, this is just an exchange of hostages. And Israel can very easily just continue to grab Palestinians off the street, proclaim them to be ‘Hamas’ and hold them indefinitely, giving them an infinite supply of hostages to hold over Hamas.