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Hostages and "Hostages"
There is no moral equivalence between the hostages released by Hamas and the prisoners released by Israel.
From a post circulating yesterday:
Hamas will release Elkana Buchbut, a 32 yo party producer and musician, married and father of a 4 yo boy.
Israel will release Baher Badar, who in 2004 was responsible for a suicide terror attack which killed 11 Israelis.
Hamas will release Bar Kuperstein, a 23 yo security guard of the Nova festival, and the manager of his father's falafel restaurant.
Israel will release Faras Ganam, who was responsible for at least 5 terror attacks, and at least 4 dead Israelis.
Hamas will release Maxim Herkin, a 36 yo who got to Israel from Ukraine with his family, including his 4 yo daughter.
Israel will release Jihad Rom, who kidanpped 17 yo Yuri Goshchin in Jerusalem to Ramallah, abused him, murdered him and abused his corpse.
Hamas will release Segev Halfon, a 27 yo from Dimona who suffers from PTSD and worked in his family's bakery.
Israel will release Maher al-Hashlamun, who stabbed 3 people, killing one of them - Dalia Lemkus, who was a survivor of another terror attack 8 years prior to her murder.
Hamas will release Eitan Mor, a 25 yo who lived in Jerusalem and worked at a coffee shop.
Israel will release Hussein Sharrif Jauadra, who was 16 yo when stabbing 19 yo Eden Atias to death on a bus.
Hamas will release Alon Ahel, a 24 yo talented pianist and musician.
Israel will release Nabil Abu Hadir, who murdered his own sister for suspecting she was an Israeli agent.
Hamas will release Yosef Chaim Ohana, a 24 yo bartender, who helped others to escape from the party until he was kidnapped himself.
Israel will release Eiad Abu-Al-Rub, the head of The Islamic Jihad in Jenin, who's personally responsible for terror attacks, among them a suicide terror attack in Hedera, where 6 were murdered.
