Posted on 04/11/2024 5:56:42 AM PDT by silent majority rising
The Hamas terror group has expressed uncertainty as to whether it could gather 40 civilian hostages for release in a prisoner swap deal with Israel, officials familiar with the negotiations said.
The terror group's uncertainty complicates talks for a deal which would include a six-week ceasefire, the return of Gazans to northern Gaza, and the release of hundreds of convicted terrorists in exchange for less than a third of the hostages currently held in Gaza.
According to the Wall Street Journal (WSJ), a Hamas official said that the terror organization would not commit to releasing 40 living hostages, but would commit to 40 hostages in total.
Hamas took approximately 240 Israelis hostage on October 7, and approximately 100 were freed in a November 2023 prisoner swap. Of the 133 remaining, 34 have been confirmed dead, but later reports claimed that at least 50 had been killed, indicating that around 80 might still be alive.
WSJ noted that US officials familiar with intelligence have said that according to some US estimates, most of the hostages are already dead. Of those, it is likely that most died of injuries from their initial capture, while others died of health issues or from violence. Still others were already dead when their bodies were taken hostage by Gaza terrorists.
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All the hostages are dead. There’s no “unsure” about it. Another lie from a murderous terrorist regime.
You are heading twoards a hardened Heart like Pharoph, please turn back.
1. HAMAS cannot do math
2. HAMAS DOES NOT have enough LIVE HOSTAGES to complete ANY DEAL.
3. HAMAS has killed their ONLY CURRENCY
4. TICK TOCK HAMAS IS OUT OF OPTIONS
WHO IS CERTAIN THAT ANY HAMAS MEMBER CAN EVEN COUNT???
Not with Biden on their side, he'll push for a 3 month cease fire without them giving up any hostages. Thankfully Bibi isn't demented like Biden.
-PJ
“If they are alive but can’t be found, it’s more likely that the different groups sold them into slavery throughout the Middle East.”
Or perhaps even further afield. From the thread “Antony Blinken Accuses Israel of Trying to ‘Dehumanize’ Palestinians - Followup” ( https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/4221087/posts )
“Another act of gross dehumanization committed by Hamas is not only an insult to some of the hostages, but is an insult to the Geneva Convention, the Laws of War and all decent people in the international community. We see that Hamas has sold some of the hostages to Muslim warlords thousands of kilometers away from Gaza”
1 Samuel 15:3
I pray that you are wrong but I suspect that you are right.
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