Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu sent out a somewhat cryptic announcement Tuesday morning:
Prime Minister's Office Announcement:
— Prime Minister of Israel (@IsraeliPM) November 21, 2023
In light of developments on the issue of the release of our hostages, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu will, this evening, convene the War Cabinet at 18:00, the Security Cabinet at 19:00, and the Government at 20:00.
Those developments appear to be the release of 53 hostages, 40 children and 13 mothers. In exchange, Hamas will enjoy a short ceasefire and Israel will release 150 Hamas prisoners.
53 hostages to be released. 40 kids and 13 mothers. This appears final. Deal imminent.
— Jonathan Schanzer (@JSchanzer) November 21, 2023
Are the Isaelis releasing anyone?
— Armin Rosen (@ArminRosen) November 21, 2023
Hamas prisoners of an unknown number, and providing large quantities of fuel and food. Plus 5 days of pause in fighting
— Jonathan Schanzer (@JSchanzer) November 21, 2023
Five days? No way.
Absolutely no Israeli prime minister could ever turn down a deal swapping 150 relatively low-value prisoners and a short ceasefire for 53 hostages, all of them women and children. Whether this becomes a bad deal depends entirely on how Israel and the US handle the next few days
— Armin Rosen (@ArminRosen) November 21, 2023
Remember this:
— Avi Mayer אבי מאיר (@AviMayer) November 21, 2023
The Palestinians who will be released in the impending deal are convicted terrorists who are in prison because they tried to murder Israelis.
The Israelis who will be freed are innocent civilians being held hostage by terrorists.
There is no equivalence. None.
In exchange for Hamas having time to regroup and rearm the launch the next attack, Israel gets a fraction of the hostages back maybe https://t.co/GbVSbFUGz7
— Sunny (@sunnyright) November 21, 2023
Efforts to regroup and rearm will not be successful, this is what was holding up the deal. Hamas wanted a total pullout of troops and six hour daily windows without overhead surveillance. Israel said
— Mark G (@MarkG313929) November 21, 2023
“No Way Jose”
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That still leaves nearly 200 hostages for Hamas to leverage.
So basically, taking hostages is an effective strategy to continuously be repeated.
— Sara (@monamouroui) November 21, 2023
Why not all hostages? Are they all dead?
— Richard Hambloch (@rich1mages) November 21, 2023
And then what? Hamas turns over everyone who was involved and collaborated in the attacks so they can be dealt with? Otherwise this is just 10/6 and there will be another 10/7.
— FNU LNU (@prosqtor) November 21, 2023
The price of that release is high. Now tell what Israel is giving for those 53 hostages. 150 prisoners and a 4 or 5 day pause in fighting. The way I see it Israel values life 3 times more than Hamas. Without the pause it might need to be 10 or 20 times more.
— Randy LaVerne (@RandyLaverne) November 21, 2023
No to 5 days ceasefire.
— Knightly (@Ifeanyi_Online) November 21, 2023
And what when they continue launching rockets every single day of this supposed pause?
— seedmole (@seedmole) November 21, 2023
The Jerusalem Post is reporting that Hamas will release 80 hostages … still not enough.
BREAKING: Hamas will release 80 hostages in its ceasefire deal with Israel, Hebrew media reported citing an Israeli official.#Hamas | #Israel | #Gazahttps://t.co/zGEH1RB66T
— The Jerusalem Post (@Jerusalem_Post) November 21, 2023
Hamas is getting its Black Friday special 3-1
— It's ME! (@Mannye184) November 21, 2023
With a return policy#shande
Have the Republicans started complaining that Biden is negotiating with terrorists yet?
— Meaty Albatross (@Meaty_Albatross) November 21, 2023
Biden hasn't done anything, except take off for a six-day weekend:
BREAKING - When reporters asked US President Joe Biden
— Jitender Chaudhary (@JituChaudhary25) November 21, 2023
"Mr. President, do you know how many Americans will be released?"
Biden: "There's plenty of time to talk about hostages. Not yet. I won't tell you."
From- @disclosetv pic.twitter.com/zgqk4R3UhK
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