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submitted 10 months ago by gedaliyah@lemmy.world to c/world@lemmy.world

After nearly seven weeks in captivity, 24 hostages seized by Hamas in its deadly Oct. 7 attack on Israel are now free after crossing into Egypt. In exchange, Israel released 39 Palestinians hours later at the city of Ramallah in the Israeli-occupied West Bank.

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[-] assembly@lemmy.world 12 points 10 months ago

Only 24 hostages out of like 300 doesn’t feel likes “scores” of people to me. Maybe if a hundred hostages were released it would change that but 24 doesn’t seem like a big number considering the hostages have been held captive for almost two months in likely horrific conditions.

[-] keefshape@lemmy.ca 1 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago)

It's a feel-good combined total.

People who were formerly captive are now free. Do you really want to split hairs about it?

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