Widespread support in Israel for ceasefire amid relief at return of hostages despite high price involved in release of Palestinian detainees
Emily Damari shakes hands with her friends while being transported with two other hostages upon arriving at Sheba Tel HaShomer Medical Centre in Ramat Gan on Sunday, following their release from captivity by Hamas in the Gaza Strip after the October 7th attacks. Photograph: Jack Guez/AFP via Getty Imageswho doesn’t know at least one of the hostages.
An analysis by Israel’s national security council of the 1,027 militants who were released by Israel in 2011 in return for kidnapped soldier Gilad Shalit showed that 83 per cent resumed militant activity. Many in Israel said Sunday’s images of the return of the three women hostages was the real victory image, more impressive than all the victories on the battlefields.
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