Hamas Cries Uncle, Makes Desperate Hostage Offer: Proposes release of all hostages in exchange for just a five-day pause in hostilities.

Red State ^ | 11/04/2023 | Bonchie

[SeekAndFind]

How do you know Hamas is on the ropes as Israeli forces continue to encircle Northern Gaza? Because they are making offers like this. 

According to a new report, the terrorist government has offered to release all the civilian hostages it took on October 7th in exchange for just a five-day pause in hostilities.

Although the terms have varied in recent weeks, Hamas has indicated most recently that it would release all civilian hostages in exchange for a five-day pause, according to diplomats familiar with the discussions who spoke on the condition of anonymity about the sensitive matter. Israeli military captives, whose precise number is unknown, would be retained, possibly to eventually be offered in trade for Palestinian prisoners in Israel.

Sporadic, indirect negotiations are being held in Doha, Qatar’s capital, where they have waxed and waned depending on the tempo of Israeli strikes. With Qatari officials as go-betweens, the United States has been variously represented by Barbara Leaf, the State Department’s assistant secretary for the Near East, and White House and State Department hostage negotiators, diplomats said. Representatives of Israel’s Mossad national intelligence agency have also traveled to Doha. Ismail Haniyeh, Hamas’s top political leader, who lives in Turkey, has participated, along with former leader and current head of Hamas diaspora affairs Khaled Meshaal, who lives in Qatar.

Why would Hamas be willing to give up its most valuable leverage for such a relatively small pause in the IDF's assault? I think the answer is simple: They are crying uncle, and they want a chance to escape the tunnel systems. 

It's not known exactly how connected the underground Hamas array is, but given the difficulty and expense of building tunnels, it is likely that the northern portions do not connect directly with the southern portions. That means that the clock is ticking on Hamas fighters now stuck in Northern Gaza. IDF troops are methodically making their way through the area, and it's just a matter of time before each and every tunnel is discovered and destroyed. 

A five-day pause would give Hamas the cover to exit those tunnels and retrench in the South, where most of the civilians are now located. In other words, it would simply play into the hands of terrorists who use women and children as human shields, causing even more death and suffering in the long run. 

Further, Hamas is also trying to smuggle its fighters across the border into Egpyt where they would presumably find safety from Israeli strikes. 

Hamas put wounded terrorists on departure lists for Egypt's Rafah Crossing, delaying efforts to evacuate civilian foreigners.

White House: "A third of the people who were on the list that Hamas submitted turned out to be Hamas fighters."


pic.twitter.com/HvCOwH9WIp— Arsen Ostrovsky (@Ostrov_A) November 4, 2023

With all of that on the table, it would seem incredibly unlikely that Israel would agree to any such terms regarding the release of the civilian hostages. One, Hamas would almost certainly play games with the situation, perhaps buying itself a few days while not actually releasing anyone. Two, a pause would simply lead to Hamas being given new life in Southern Gaza. 

In short, Hamas is cooked, and I think the terrorist government knows it's cooked. That's why you are seeing these kinds of desperate offers they were scoffing at a week ago. Letting them off the hook now would be a grave mistake, both in the short and long term. 

[nevadapatriot]

Never trust an Arab

[rktman]

🤔 hmmmmmm! Send out the hostages within 4 hours then its on again. Five days? 🖕

🙏🇺🇸🇮🇱👍

[11th_VA]

No quarter ...

[nopardons]

Never, NOT EVER, believe what a Muslim says about releasing prisoners/hostage! They lie!

[Maris Crane]

Are we stupid enough to believe them.?

[Ben Dover]

[11th_VA]

Here’s a link to picture of tunnel system. Maybe someone can post the pic

https://www.wsj.com/livecoverage/israel-hamas-war-gaza-strip-conflict/card/map-tunnels-under-gaza-made-by-hamas-identified-by-israel-YY9IenGS27zQ0mIQvS5n

[Bernard]

Did Hamas say how many hostages in a specific number, or just use the word “all”? I’ve seen a lot of speculation about how many of the hostages are still alive, but no solid reporting or claims.

[Honest Nigerian]

Sort of along the lines I was thinking.
Hamas still have any living Jewish hostages?
Or are they planning on waiting until the end of the five day pause before turning over corpses?
The goings on over Gaza is more than enough to make a sane person shudder.

[SeekAndFind]

Here you go:

[rllngrk33]

If I were Israel, I would counter with a 24 hour ceasefire after all hostages are released and accounted for.

[libh8er]

No deal. Die in your tunnels.

[Waverunner]

Ground penetrating radar has already mapped the tunnel system. The Israeli combat engineers seal the exits with basically the same foam that is sprayed to make conformal packaging for shipping. a plug about 3 meters deep with a sensor to detect if it’s being disturbed makes the plug real. During a recent raid the Israelis used their knowledge of the tunnel to infiltrate and take a command post, then to use the Israelis term they neutralized other terrorists as they returned to the command post after finding the exits blocked. They also captured maps, orders, and other intelligence. Israelis have turned the tunnels into rat traps. To see the info on the raid, on youtube look up TBN Israel and watch his IDF conducts undercover raid video. It’s just 3 minutes long and has stills from the raid.

[flamberge]

HAMAS cannot deliver hostages.

They already killed most of them within the first days after the Oct 7 raids.

Sadly enough, the IDF probably killed more of the hostages from the bunker-busing strikes in Gaza City. There may be none left.

No deal. HAMAS does not get to reposition and rearm. They get to die instead.

[beethovenfan]

No dice.

[dfwgator]

[baldisbeautiful]

“Never trust an Arab“ or a democrat.

[dfwgator]

“Never be rude to an Arab....”
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F67JhKT5bxU

[Reno89519]

Unconditional surrender, round them up, execute them but let their families live.