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Hamas Working to Capture Israeli Soldiers as "Bargaining Chips"


(Times of Israel) Khaled Mashaal, who headed the Hamas political bureau from 1996 to 2017, said Saturday that the terror group was working to get "bargaining chips" to free Palestinian security prisoners. "When we hold an Israeli soldier, the Israeli leadership can only agree to our demands," he said, citing a 2011 swap in which the Israeli government freed over 1,000 convicted Palestinian terrorists for IDF soldier Gilad Shalit, who was captured in 2006.
2021-03-29 00:00:00
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