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Israel Freed Prisoners, Not Hostages — There’s A Difference

Calling criminals "hostages" is an insult to the innocent.

Jacob Falach
Israel Freed Prisoners, Not Hostages — There’s A Difference
Avinatan Or: Photo by Dima Vazinovich. BUSES: OMAR AL-QATTAA/AFP via Getty Images

Just days after the two-year anniversary of the October 7, 2023, massacre that sparked the Israel-Hamas war, the Trump administration’s ceasefire deal has brought all surviving Israeli hostages home from the Gaza Strip.

Per the deal, in exchange for the 20 Israeli hostages, Israel was required to release over 1,700 Gazans held in Israeli jails back into the Gaza Strip.

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