Notice that Palestinian prisoners were immediately made freely available to the press. Israelis were sequestered by their government.

Released Israeli hostage Yocheved Lifshitz said her captors from the G@za ruling armed group had shown "care" and "gentleness" at a press conference in Tel Aviv. As she was being handed over to the International Red Cross, Lifshitz stopped to shake one of her captor's hands to say farewell with the words "peace."

The 85-year-old was released by the armed group after 17 days on "humanitarian grounds" following her violent arrest on 7 October during the unprecedented Palestinian offensive deep into Israeli territory. "we went underground and walked for kilometers in wet tunnels, for two or three hours in a spider web of tunnels." – Lifshitz reported.

Another 200 hostages are believed to be in the tunnels under G@za as the clock ticks towards a major Israeli ground invasion of the G@za Strip. The G@za ruling group said a halt to "random bombings, the total destruction, the genocide" was a precondition for releasing civilian prisoners, an offer Israel did not budge on.

🚨🇮🇱 How do you DEFEND THIS?

https://twitter.com/jacksonhinklle/status/1727373296285745263?t=m-j6Y7LEB9NhK2qaPWoe5w&s=19

We know that #Hamas took prisoners on 7 October, including civilians.

Do you know where & how #Israel took 150 children & women under 18 (only 8 over that age) to be released tomorrow?

Just ask yourself this question & you will understand the 7th of October attack.

1945
2023
Germans did it to them
Now they do it to Palestinians

Israel is an evil inhuman entity. It must be dismantled.

“She was 16 when they snatched her from me, she’s 24 now. I couldn’t watch her fall asleep for 8 long years, tonight she’s sleeping in my arms. She’s still my little baby. Time stopped for me.” The mother of Marah, who was released today in the hostage swap. Free Palestine 🇵🇸

Hamas had been open to a ceasefire/hostage exchange since Oct 7 but Netanyahu rejected it. Six weeks later, Israel's overwhelming military force killed 15,000 Palestinians but achieved nothing for the hostages, so it was forced to negotiate with Hamas. A major strategic and psychological blow for Israel, and a victory for Hamas. The lesson is that resistance works.