Hamas wants to exchange hostages for criminals
Israel has called a Hamas proposal for releasing hostages "ludicrous" as the militant Palestinian group wants Israel to release those responsible for murders and rapes on October 7 in exchange for the people it kidnapped.
"Hamas' ludicrous demand that the [Israel Defense Forces] fully withdraw from Gaza and that we release the Hamas ... rapists and murderers who committed the atrocities of October 7 in exchange for the release of our hostages," Avi Hyman, an Israeli government spokesman, said on Monday.
"And as if that's not enough, we were told that we would also have to establish a Palestinian state," Hyman said.
He said this would simply be "a capitulation to Hamas" disguised as a "peace agreement." It is essential for Israel to achieve "a full victory in this war," he said, adding that Israel cannot win the war "until Hamas is fully destroyed."
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Monday that "there is no genuine proposal" from Hamas in Gaza to release more hostages, but Israel has an initiative, which he refused to elaborate on.
His comments came as hostage relatives stormed a Knesset meeting in Jerusalem that had to be cancelled because of the protest. Relatives have been pushing hard for a new hostage deal.
Hyman said the families want a ceasefire in exchange for the hostages' release, but the Israeli government's position is that "there can be no path towards victory until Hamas is fully destroyed."
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Hamas deserves the same fate as the Nazis. The goals of Hamas or very similar to those of teh Nazis who murdered millions of Jews.
See also:
Israeli forces storm hospital as Khan Younis hit by bloodiest fighting of 2024
And:
Letters: Hamas’s murderous aims mean a two-state solution is wishful thinking
And:
Hamas Leader: We Reject a Two State Solution. We Demand It All.
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