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. 

[dadgum]

Hamas lies.

Exterminate Hamas utterly.

[Lean-Right]

It would be interesting to
superimpose Gaza’s hospitals,
schools, and mosques on those maps.

[21twelve]

“...done more educating the world on the plight of the people in the Gaza strip.”

The son of one of the co-founders of Hamas said that Hamas is the worst enemy of the Palestinians. Probably similar to North Korea.

[Reno89519]

Since Israel has declared war on a HAMAS after their massacre of Israelis and Americans and others, the only endgame possible is that every last member of HAMAS is tracked down and killed.

[Texan4Life]

Hamas is to be eradicated...

Heritage Minister Amichai Eliyahu: Dropping an atomic bomb on Gaza is one of Israel’s options...

https://www.timesofisrael.com/liveblog_entry/minister-says-his-remark-about-nuking-gaza-was-metaphorical/

[AndyTheBear]

Hamas is a killing machine and Gaza is a farm that grows humans into the cogs of that king machine. The longer the machine and farm operate the more that will die as time goes on. The machine must be destroyed. The farm must be disbanded.

[Dagnabitt]

Hamas is the product of an evil culture. Gaza deserves every bomb it receives. These are the people who delighted in seeing brutalized Israeli women paraded in the streets.

Bounce the rubble.

[laplata]

Yes!!

[Ronaldus Magnus III]

They will deliver many hostages, but they will all be dead.

Tell them to release all hostages, come out of the underground Gaza terror city. Then blow up everything underground.

I still hope Israel scrapes Gaza, above and below ground.

Next, Hezbollah and Syria.

Keep the pressure on Iran by going after all their other surrogates. They only respect and respond to strength. Show any weakness and more Jews / Christians die.

[StAnDeliver]

Bebe is ending the whole falsehood behind the 75-year-old Pali payola paradigm, and he is forcing the ME to take the worst of the worst as well.
Salt the earth Bebe, i dont everwant to see Gaza sold to the Chinese as “prime beach locatiob in the Med”. Nope. Pave it over and build a pig abbatoir in the center so big you can smell the bacon in Cairo.

[Candor7]

They are crying uncle, and they want a chance to escape the tunnel systems. >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>

Excellent double cross opportunity.

Bring all of the hostages out and put sniper and drone tracking teams on the tunnel escapers. Once the hostages are secured......spring the trap, kill them all, every one.

[Palio di Siena]

They lie worse than timeshare sales people

[avital2]

double down, Bibi

[mbrfl]

I’ve got a better deal. Hand over all the hostages now and we’ll allow you to surrender and spend the rest of your lives in prison, or die like dogs.

[Don@VB]

Embrace Tarlton’s Quarter.

[ding_dong_daddy_from_dumas]

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

How would Israel know when "all" had been released? Does Hamas know where they all are?

[CodeToad]

Pause to rearm, reorganize?? NO thanks.

[CodeToad]

We should be manufacturing flame throwers and let Israel burn Gaza back to nature.

[TiGuy22]

It’s a trap.

[ActresponsiblyinVA]

Israel should demand evidence the hostages are alive.