Israel and Hamas agreed to a deal to halt fighting in Gaza and exchange Israeli hostages for Palestinian prisoners, an official briefed on the deal told Reuters on Wednesday, opening the way to a possible end to a 15-month war that has upended the Middle East.

  • @ZebulonP
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    348 hours ago

    Israeli “hostages” and Palestinian “prisoners”. The writer’s choice of words says a lot.

      • @[email protected]
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        7 hours ago

        One could argue everyone is Palestine is an Israeli hostage. If anyone seriously threatens Israels existence they will just start killing them even harder.

    • @[email protected]
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      37 hours ago

      Well, the Palestinian prisoners are political prisoners in prison, so “prisoners” isn’t wrong. But they are also hostages.