Q&A: Hostages — What Will Happen to Them
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Hostages — What Will Happen to Them
Question
Hello Rabbi, given the fact that a “total victory” or the “collapse of Hamas” apparently isn’t going to happen, wouldn’t it be proper simply to close a deal that would bring back all 134 of those people whom the state abandoned?? Until now the excuse was that it would harm the war effort, etc., but now it seems that all the brigades are leaving Gaza and the army is scaling down. So wouldn’t it be preferable to release those Nukhba terrorists in order to get back our brothers who are being held captive
Answer
None of us has enough information to determine policy. I already wrote here a long time ago that in my assessment there would not be any collapse, and even so there are still various security considerations.
You also don’t know whether the war has really ended. The Chief of Staff said today that it hasn’t.