What if the situation were reversed?
It also proves how stupid their leadership is. If you keep rewarding kidnapping they are going to keep doing it. J. Paul Getty had the right idea. When his son was kidnapped he paid assassins to hunt down and kill the kidnappers.
The agreement is surprising. My stance would be Hamas must release all hostages before any ceasefire talks are possible. No prisoner relaese, period. Keep pounding away until they submit or are externmated.
Why fold Islam’s warriors into Islamic states? Jihad does nt advance that way. The objectives of Islam are not met.
Call me an optimist, but I believe the Israeli intelligence services will be watching closely for movement of personnel, munitions and hostages during the cease fire. When it’s over, I will be disappointed if Hamas doesn’t catch holy hell.
It shows why Hamas still exists.
be careful on assumptions here. Some Hamas supporters have suggested the Oct 7th kidnappings were done in an effort to get their imprisoned people back. If you credit Israeli’s for trying to get theirs back, Hamas can claim the same credit for getting theirs back.
It may not be a valid comparison, but that won’t stop those who see similar motives in play claiming so.