Israel says Hamas hands over the first seven hostages to the Red Cross as part of the Gaza ceasefire

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5. I hope Hamas doesn't dwell on that too much

If they get the impression that Israel thinks one of their own is worth 95 Palestinians, they might get a little pissed at the implication, even if no one made such an implication out loud or in print..

My question was how come there are only 20 Israeli hostages left alive? I know some had already been released, but that is less than one twelfth the number originally taken. Obviously to each hostage and their families, it matters greatly, but Hamas didn't really have a lot left to bargain with. It seems that with reports of them now openly strutting around Gaza as if they were homecoming heroes instead of the ones who set these past two years of misery in motion, there is a serious danger of returning to the status quo, minus all the death and destruction that has gone on in the interim. If Iran and Hezbollah arm them to the extent that they feel good enough to start round two, I don't know what there will be more of, blame or corpses. One personal consolation if they do--next time they don't get to come close to killing my daughter. There's that, at least.