Six months after Hamas's October 7 attack, dozens of hostages are still languishing in captivity -- a fact that for many Israelis has ruptured a foundational contract between them and their government.
Palestinian militants transport a reportedly captured Israeli woman by motorcycle, in Khan Yunis in the southern Gaza Strip, on Oct. 7, 2023. Palestinian militants had begun a"war" against Israel which they infiltrated by air, sea and land from the blockaded Gaza Strip on October 7, Israeli officials said, a major escalation in the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.
Most Israelis think their government has not done enough to free the 129 hostages still being held by Hamas, according to a poll last week by Israel's Channel 12. But "when we are talking about a Jewish state it goes to another level, a sacred level," he insisted. Indeed, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu -- who many accuse of "abandoning" the Gaza hostages -- exchanged 1,027 Palestinian prisoners for just one Israeli soldier, Gilad Shalit, in 2011.
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