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Hamas wants 'prisoners in US released' in exchange for Israeli hostages
www.express.co.uk ^ | 16:25, Tue, Oct 10, 2023 | UPDATED: 17:18, Tue, Oct 10, 2023 | By MATTHEW DOOLEY

Posted on 10/10/2023 12:14:59 PM PDT by Red Badger

Hamas has said it will execute hostages if Israel bombs residential areas with out warning. Now they have issued more demands for their release.

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Hamas wants US prisoners freed alongside those in Israel as part of a deal the terrorist group could make to release dozens of hostages taken to Gaza.

An exiled Hamas leader in Lebanon, Ali Barakeh, said that the group would aim to secure the release of Palestinian prisoners held in Israeli and American prisons. He has been the group's leader in Lebanon for years and is in charge of coordinating other Palestinian groups there.

Without specifying who, he said: "There are Palestinians held in America. We will ask for their release."

In 2009, a court in Dallas sentenced two founding members of the Holy Land Foundation for Relief and Development, once the largest US Muslim charity, to 65 years in prison for funneling millions of dollars to Hamas.

Three other men were sentenced to prison terms ranging from 15 to 20 years for conspiracy.

Barakeh added: "We have prepared well for this war and to deal with all scenarios, even the scenario of the long war. We will bring life to a stop in the Zionist entity if the aggression does not stop on Gaza."

Barakeh said Hamas has so far employed only a small number of its own forces. He said nearly 2,000 Hamas fighters have taken part in the latest fighting, out of an army of 40,000 in Gaza alone.

Hamas may also be able to count on its allies if it faces a major setback. On Sunday, Hezbollah fired several rockets and shells at three Israeli positions in a disputed area.

On Monday, the Palestinian Islamic Jihad militant group claimed it sent four gunmen across Lebanon’s border into Israel.

The militants said they had wounded seven Israeli soldiers. Israel said its own forces shot and killed several gunmen who crossed into the country from Lebanon. It also shelled southern Lebanon in response.


TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Foreign Affairs; Front Page News; Government; War on Terror
KEYWORDS: alibarakeh; barakat; barakeh; buckeyejihad; clevelandcell; hezbollah; hlf; hlfrd; holylandfoundation; islamicjihad; lebanon; pij; safagroup; terrorcharities
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To: chief lee runamok
Only complete eradication of hamas terrorists will cure the affliction."

Off subject, while worth repeating, the latest win update is causing periodic
double post as well as 'back' arrow jumping back two web pages.

Annoying, is an understatement.

21 posted on 10/10/2023 12:34:18 PM PDT by chief lee runamok (Anti Socialist Flâneur@Large)
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To: Red Badger

This wouldn’t have even been an option for hamas if President Trump were in office.


22 posted on 10/10/2023 12:35:54 PM PDT by hillarys cankles
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To: Red Badger

They are already dead. Bomb that place into gravel.


23 posted on 10/10/2023 12:36:10 PM PDT by FlyingEagle
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To: Red Badger
...Barakeh said Hamas has so far employed only a small number of its own forces. He said nearly 2,000 Hamas fighters have taken part in the latest fighting

And according to Israel, they've killed around 1500 Hamas hacks on their territory... Send the rest and they'll gladly kill them too.

The spokespersons for this half-*ssed Hamas organization are obviously devoid of any common sense.

24 posted on 10/10/2023 12:38:08 PM PDT by jerod (Nazi's were essentially Socialist in Hugo Boss uniforms... Get over it!)
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To: Red Badger

Iran got 6 Billion for five prisoners recently, why not give it a try?

This is why we should not negotiate.


25 posted on 10/10/2023 12:38:43 PM PDT by READINABLUESTATE (Make orwell fiction again)
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To: Red Badger

Biden might just hand them over. And another 6 billion on top of that.


26 posted on 10/10/2023 12:41:15 PM PDT by Revel
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To: Red Badger

And a plane waiting at the airport too?


27 posted on 10/10/2023 12:42:26 PM PDT by TornadoAlley3 ( I'm Proud To Be An Okie From Muskogee)
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To: Red Badger

Jeez, what will Bidet do? He already traded a Russian weapons dealer for a pothead basketball player.


28 posted on 10/10/2023 12:43:24 PM PDT by rfp1234 (E Porcibus Unum )
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To: gdzla
Give them all their COVID vaccinations with applicable boosters and let them go.
29 posted on 10/10/2023 12:45:36 PM PDT by dartuser
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To: Red Badger
Hamas wants. Hamas wants. Hell, their own past leader Arafat got almost 90% of what he (PLO) wanted. But not willing to compromise for peace, he immediately order a new intifada on Israel, killing hundreds if not thousands of innocent Israelis on buses, weddings, market places, restaurants, city plazas, and others. The suicide belt was their weapon of choice. And the world wondered why they were building such a huge wall.

That murdering genocidal crazy fuck was given a Nobel Peace Prize just for attending the Camp David Accords. The Committee also gave a Peace Prize to Obama after a few weeks in office for exactly nothing. That so-called Peace Prize is not worth the paper or copper it's printed on.

30 posted on 10/10/2023 12:47:20 PM PDT by A Navy Vet (USA Birth Certificate - 1787. Death Certificate - 2021? )
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To: CatOwner

Me too. How are they still alive?


31 posted on 10/10/2023 12:47:38 PM PDT by MarMema ("Legitimate Military Targets" (Putin))
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To: rfp1234

Yeah, but she was black and lesbian, so that makes her a VIP for Biden.


32 posted on 10/10/2023 12:51:26 PM PDT by kawhill (kawhill)
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To: Red Badger

Fly them back to Gaza from the US. At 1000feet over the city market, toss em out.


33 posted on 10/10/2023 12:53:25 PM PDT by blackdog ((Z28.310) My dog Sam eats purple flowers.)
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To: blackdog

We will contract delivery with the Chilean AF.


34 posted on 10/10/2023 12:54:20 PM PDT by central_va (I won't be reconstructed and I do not give a damn...)
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To: Red Badger

What ever happened to “No negotiations with Terrorists”? I guess it’s just roll over and bend over for them now.


35 posted on 10/10/2023 12:55:39 PM PDT by ProudDeplorable (Concentrated power has always been the enemy of liberty. ~ Ronald Reagan)
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To: Red Badger

This may be an indication that the attacks were planned by Hamas partisans in the USA.


36 posted on 10/10/2023 12:56:33 PM PDT by Salman (It's not a slippery slope if it was part of the program all along. )
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To: Red Badger

“Hamas wants”

Give them a week of high intensity warfare, and they will likely want something else.

It is going to be a while before we get to talking phase of the Operation...


37 posted on 10/10/2023 12:58:03 PM PDT by BeauBo
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To: Red Badger
In 2009, a court in Dallas sentenced two founding members of the Holy Land Foundation for Relief and Development, once the largest US Muslim charity, to 65 years in prison for funneling millions of dollars to Hamas.

This is what we get when those who've hijacked this government allows tens of millions of illegals and foreign national to pour into our country. Through our borders and via their dangerous chain immigration policies of sabotage, millions flood in unabated.

38 posted on 10/10/2023 12:59:28 PM PDT by dragnet2 (Diversion and evasion are tools of deceit)
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To: Jonny7797
I would think Biden would happily do that and likely add a few billions in cash to top it off.

PRECISELY what I was thinking.

39 posted on 10/10/2023 12:59:36 PM PDT by The Sons of Liberty (Quarter Century Freeping)
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To: Red Badger
"Hamas has said it will execute hostages if Israel bombs residential areas with out warning."

Why they don't consider themselves to be forewarned, I have no idea.
40 posted on 10/10/2023 1:00:54 PM PDT by equaviator (If 60 is the new 40 then 35 must be the new 15.)
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