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Hamas hands over final living hostages to be released under first phase of Gaza ceasefire
cnn ^ | 2/22/2025 | By Abeer Salman, Eugenia Yosef, Mohammad Al Sawalhi, Mick Krever, Ivana Kottasová and Billy Stockwel

Posted on 02/22/2025 10:09:41 AM PST by cuz1961

... Hamas released six hostages from Gaza on Saturday, handing over in two public ceremonies and one private transfer the final living captives whom the warring sides agreed would be freed when a ceasefire began last month. Israel was due to release 620 Palestinian detainees in return, but has delayed the exchange citing further security reviews..

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TOPICS: Government; Politics
KEYWORDS: gaza; hamas; hostages; israel; waronterror

1 posted on 02/22/2025 10:09:41 AM PST by cuz1961
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To: cuz1961

I’ll bet there are none left living.


2 posted on 02/22/2025 10:11:48 AM PST by Sirius Lee ("Never argue with a fool, onlookers may not be able to tell the difference.")
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To: cuz1961

620 huh? All receiving cleaned and battle ready weapons?


3 posted on 02/22/2025 10:15:25 AM PST by rktman (Destroy America from within ? Check! WTH? Enlisted USN 1967 to end up with this💩? 🚫💉! 🇮🇱👍!)
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To: cuz1961

Was Haavaad and Columbia in mourning the hostages were alive?


4 posted on 02/22/2025 10:15:48 AM PST by bray (It's not racist to be racist against races the DNC hates.)
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To: Sirius Lee

Pray for the Peace of Jerusalem!
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I say that knowing Peace will only happen with the Return of Jesus Christ.


5 posted on 02/22/2025 10:17:07 AM PST by Big Red Badger (ALL Things Will be Revealed !)
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To: cuz1961

Israel will want them back dead or alive. In this case Hamas is saying no more living hostages. I say flatten Gaza and be done with it.


6 posted on 02/22/2025 10:17:25 AM PST by SkyDancer ( ~ Am Yisrael Chai ~)
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To: cuz1961

No more living hostages? Zero in the mortars, start designating targets for the bombs.

CC


7 posted on 02/22/2025 10:20:55 AM PST by Celtic Conservative (My cats are more amusing than 200 channels worth of TV.)
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To: cuz1961

” 620 Palestinian detainees in return”

6 for 600? Seems “fair” to me, NOT!

Its okay though, because Israel can just kill them later.

(they probably are walking pagers).


8 posted on 02/22/2025 10:27:29 AM PST by faucetman (Just the facts, ma'am, Just the facts )
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To: SkyDancer

I had yo rread the entire article to ascertain that about half of the remaining sixty or so hostages are said to be alive.


9 posted on 02/22/2025 10:31:10 AM PST by moonhawk (Jeffrey Epstein did't kill himself; George Floyd did.)
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To: cuz1961

Good! Now wipe the remaining living members of Hamas from the face of the earth.


10 posted on 02/22/2025 10:35:09 AM PST by libertylover (Our biggest problem, by far, is that almost all of big media is AGENDA-DRIVEN, not-truth driven.)
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To: cuz1961

Why can’t the 620 terrorists just be drop shipped from a helicopter?


11 posted on 02/22/2025 10:36:28 AM PST by MtnClimber (For photos of scenery, wildlife and climbing, click on my screen name for my FR home page.)
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To: Celtic Conservative

Israel National News (Arutz Sheva) counts 70 remaining hostages of whom at least 36 have been killed.

Bar below first batch of stories:

https://www.israelnationalnews.com/


12 posted on 02/22/2025 10:41:00 AM PST by jjotto ( Blessed are You LORD, who crushes enemies and subdues the wicked.)
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To: cuz1961

wonder if any of the 620 have been turned


13 posted on 02/22/2025 11:42:13 AM PST by joshua c
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To: cuz1961

So from now on they’ll be handing over corpses which may or may not be who they claim?


14 posted on 02/22/2025 12:41:25 PM PST by JimRed (TERM LIMITS, NOW! Finish the damned WALL! TRUTH is the new HATE SPEECH! )
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To: JimRed

The ‘First Phase’ had a list of 33 or 36 hostages to be released. Those on that list seem to be in Israeli hands, dead or alive.

About 70 hostages remain, with at least half of them dead, but at least several very likely alive. The remaining hostages are supposedly all IDF males.

Note that all Palestinians will keep hostages for years if they believe their value will increase. The remaining hostages are the only cards Hamas has left.


15 posted on 02/22/2025 12:56:04 PM PST by jjotto ( Blessed are You LORD, who crushes enemies and subdues the wicked.)
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To: cuz1961

Oh, yeah, that’s fair; Israel gets 6 hostages, releases 100 times as many murderers!😠


16 posted on 02/22/2025 2:11:38 PM PST by Flaming Conservative ((Pray without ceasing))
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To: cuz1961

Start spinning up the cruise missiles.


17 posted on 02/22/2025 2:19:40 PM PST by PLMerite ("They say that we were Cold Warriors. Yes, and a bloody good show, too. 😁 " - Robert Conquest )
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To: Big Red Badger

Praying for the peace of Jerusalem is literally praying for the return of Christ and for Him to establish His kingdom here on earth.

Because there will NEVER be any peace until that happens.


18 posted on 02/22/2025 3:24:36 PM PST by metmom (He who testifies to these things says, “Surely I am coming soon." Amen. Come, Lord Jesus)
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To: metmom

“and I saw a New Jerusalem coming down”
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Maranatha!


19 posted on 02/22/2025 5:30:12 PM PST by Big Red Badger (ALL Things Will be Revealed !)
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