• 02/02/2025

Prologue Journal

Understanding current events through the lenses of the past and future.

Mid East

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