(Jewish Chronicle-UK) Elon Perry - Hamas holds only around 20 Israeli hostages and these are being kept in handcuffs as human shields around Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar, intelligence sources say. Israel has already had several opportunities to eliminate him after locating the tunnels in which he was hiding, but the attack was not authorized because of the danger to the hostages. The rest of the captives are believed to be in the hands of smaller terror groups like Palestinian Islamic Jihad, PFLP, Mujahideen Brigades, al-Nasser Salah al-Deen Brigades, and al-Aqsa Martyrs' Brigades. While Sinwar is demanding the release of Hamas prisoners as a priority, these groups want prisoners from their own ranks on the list. They insist that any deal includes the release of all terrorists from Israeli jails, including 1,236 murderers who have been sentenced to life imprisonment.
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