It’s being reported by i24 News in Israel that Hamas is set to release 50 hostages to the Red Cross. These hostages are those that have dual citizenship.
Here’s the reporting:
BREAKING: It is being reported by Israeli media that The Red Cross is allegedly en route to take custody of 50 Israeli hostages with dual citizenship who will be released by Hamas in a few hours pic.twitter.com/QRHeynqVCI
— Overton (@OvertonLive) October 23, 2023
While I hope they are releasing 50 hostages, their reasoning behind releasing those with dual citizenship is disgusting. They want to keep the ones who are only Israeli Jews because those are the ones they hate the most, the ones they consider the lowest of the low.
They want to keep them because they want to use them against Israel. They will threaten to kill them if Israel invades, like they threatened before. They will never release all the hostages because they lose leverage when they do. These are monsters and they want to inflict as much pain as possible on Israel.
[UPDATE]
It appears that Hamas only released two hostages and they were Israeli hostages:
NEW: Two Israeli hostages released from Gaza, a well-placed Israeli source tells Fox News.
Another source briefed on the matter has confirmed to Fox News that they were released following Qatari mediation efforts.
— Trey Yingst (@TreyYingst) October 23, 2023
BREAKING: Hamas says it released 2 Israeli hostages. Qatar working for more releases today https://t.co/73l9cisuSF
— Joyce Karam (@Joyce_Karam) October 23, 2023
Maybe there will be more, but my earlier commentary stands. They must release all the hostages or Israel invades. Because this drip, drip of releases is just a massive delay tactic by Hamas.