• 02/02/2025

Hamas uses hostage exchanges to highlight its control over Gaza

Jerusalem Post

 Hamas terrorists stand guard on the day of the release of Keith Siegel, a US-Israeli dual national hostage held in Gaza since the deadly October 7, 2023 attack, as part of a ceasefire and a hostages-prisoners swap deal between Hamas and Israel, in Gaza City, February 1, 2025.  (photo credit: REUTERS/MOHAMMED SALEM)
The group mostly consists of armed gunmen, but it has lost a lot of its arsenal, which is why it must showcase its strength in numbers.

https://www.jpost.com/middle-east/article-840200