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Originally Posted by 1andrew1
My reading indicated that a safe return of the hostages was the Israeli public's top priority.
It would obviously have been far less stressful for the hostages and their families had Netanyahu not derailed the ceasefire, thereby preventing the hostages returning home in March.
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Big mistake by hamas was overestimating how much the Israeli government would want the hostages back, they thought it'd be like Gilad Shalit all over again and the sheer number of hostages that'd be endangered would protect them from retaliation and retribution, they thought wrong