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Israel and Hamas agreed to a deal to halt fighting in Gaza and exchange Israeli hostages for Palestinian prisoners, an official briefed on the deal told Reuters on Wednesday, opening the way to a possible end to a 15-month war that has upended the Middle East.

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[–] ZebulonP@lemmy.world 38 points 1 year ago (3 children)

Israeli "hostages" and Palestinian "prisoners". The writer's choice of words says a lot.

[–] TropicalDingdong@lemmy.world 19 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Every one in Palestine is an Israeli prisoner.

[–] unexposedhazard@discuss.tchncs.de 8 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

One could argue everyone is Palestine is an Israeli hostage. If anyone seriously threatens Israels existence they will just start killing them even harder.

[–] catloaf@lemm.ee 3 points 1 year ago

Well, the Palestinian prisoners are political prisoners in prison, so "prisoners" isn't wrong. But they are also hostages.

[–] MashedHobbits@lemy.lol 0 points 1 year ago

Well it’s Reuters so pretty low quality garbage.