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Israel Offers Two-Month Pause for Release of Hostages
January 22, 2024 at 4:23 pm EST By Taegan Goddard 50 Comments
https://politicalwire.com/2024/01/22/israel-offers-two-month-pause-for-release-of-hostages/
"SNIP..........
Israel has given Hamas a proposal through Qatari and Egyptian mediators that includes up to two months of a pause in the fighting as part of a multi-phase deal that would include the release of all remaining hostages held in Gaza, Axios reports.
While the proposal doesnt include an agreement to end the war, it is the longest period of ceasefire that Israel has offered Hamas since the start of the war.
.........SNIP"
EarnestPutz
(2,562 posts)applegrove
(122,824 posts)is more like 19,000 civilians. Still horrific.
LonePirate
(13,844 posts)No more lives should be lost or endangered on either side; but it is some dark and twisted reasoning to equate releasing hostages as ceding an advantage.
nocoincidences
(2,313 posts)They don't need them to be alive. They have all the videos made with no dates. A live hostage is just a burden now, and they will tell what has been happening to them if they are released.
Come on, now....