It’s a solemn day in Israel as the latest “hostage” swap takes place. But this a hostage swap unlike any other.
Hamas has handed over four coffins believed to contain the bodies of dead hostages - including Shiri Bibas and her two young sons, Ariel and Kfir, whose plight came to embody the country's agony over the October 7 attack. At just nine months old, baby Kfir was the youngest captive seized that day. He was taken by Palestinian terrorists alongside his mother Shiri, and then-four-year-old brother Ariel.
The other corpse handed over was that of the 84 year old peace activist Oded Lifschitz.
In exchange for these corpses, Israel is handing over a number of Palestinians. The difference is they are alive.
It’s hard to know which words to choose BUT I would like to see Hamas totally erased from the soil of Gaza and no further “hostage” swaps. Gaza needs fumigated and Hamas has to end. This is a great evil and I find it hard to stomach this sort of dealing for corpses. I do understand the families wanting closure but it’s beyond words.
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David I fear for the other hostages. May God help them!
Such a terrible situation. How anyone can, in all conscience, support Hamas is a mystery that only God can see. But they must suffer the same lack of humanity as the IRA. These are people who want their own way no matter what and will stop at nothing, even slaughtering little children to get it. Hamas even put their own women and children deliberately into the firing line as human shields. I support the Jews in their struggle against Hamas because it is clearly evidenced that Hamas is utterly evil.