- cross-posted to:
- news@lemmy.world
- cross-posted to:
- news@lemmy.world
After nearly seven weeks in captivity, 24 hostages seized by Hamas in its deadly Oct. 7 attack on Israel are now free after crossing into Egypt. In exchange, Israel released 39 Palestinians hours later at the city of Ramallah in the Israeli-occupied West Bank.
It’s a feel-good combined total.
People who were formerly captive are now free. Do you really want to split hairs about it?