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Originally posted by JEWELSTAITEFAN:
I hate to be a buzzkill about this, but we have been here before.

Reports of the current deal claim that ALL of the hostages will be returned, starting with the "final 20" survivors, then 28 sets or remains to Israel, then release of terrorists and convicted murderers from Israel to Hamas, then onto disarming Hamas terrorists, towards a governing body for Gaza.

This agreed to deal has been agreed to before by Hamas terrorists, including the Ceasefire a few days before 7 October 2023, when they slaughtered hundreds of thousands more and kidnapped another crop.
Hamas terrorists always reneg. As soon as IDF releases hundreds of captured terrorists, Hamas terrorists stop releasing hostages, and executes more hostages.

Current reports say the first 20 surviving hostages have been returned to IDF, and they claim they might still release the remains - although Hamas terrorists have stated they don't know where all of them are located, which countries they are in, and whether they are alive or dead. I've seen reports that 10 are still missing from the list of names.
But I have heard that thousands of terrorists and murderers have been released by IDF, while remains are still not returned.
And Hamas terrorists have found 7,000 armed terrorists to "cleanse Gaza" of anybody who has been working towards peace, or helping Gazans to achieve peace. To purge Gaza of any peace lovers.

If all surviving hostages have truly been released back to Israel, then this is a small victory, no matter how it was accomplished.
This means that Hamas terrorists need to slaughter and kidnap hundreds more Israelis, to restock and refresh their leverage, now that IDF is negotiating with terrorist kidnappers. The last batch was wearing thin anyhow, keeping them more than 2 years, they might get to dying off too easily, their value diminishing.

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