True. Hamas also offered to release the prisoners in exchange for all Palestinian prisoners in Israeli prisons. Israel continues to refuse the swap and as a result some have died in the bombings.

[–] SapphironZA 1 points 2 years ago

I think the Israeli government has decided that the prisoners are of no value to them. It disempowers Hamas, so they will be less likely to take prisoners in the future.

The Israeli government will only accept two outcomes at the moment. Destruction of all organized Hamas resistance or unconditional surrender of the hostages. Hama will not do the latter, so they are doomed to suffer the former.