Netanyahu Faces High-Level Opposition to His Stance on Gaza Truce

[Mosby]

4. I think there are living hostages

But Hamas isn't going to release all of them because they know how valuable they are to Israel, especially since 100s of thousands of Israelis seem to think Netanyahu can just snap his fingers and magically get the hostages released. For whatever bizzare reason, many people now blame Israel for the hostage situation because they haven't made enough concessions to the terrorists. Israel made a very serious mistake when they started negotiating with hostage takers, the Gilad Shalit deal was a watershed moment for Israel's enemies, it showed them a path to "victory" and the eventual destruction of Israel. The main goal of Oct 7th was hostage taking, but even Hamas didn't anticipate the heavy involvement of civilians and the psychotic behavior they engaged in at the concert site and kibbutzim.

Israel should never have negotiated with hostage takers, they AND Palestinians are paying a very high price because of that decision.