7 Reasons Hamas doesn't want to release more hostages

Hamas Horror Show.

I wrote this last week, on Friday 14.02.2025, but I still feel like it's relevant. Apparently the Invaders have been feeding the abductees more in order to make them look good for the cameras, which is why the scene of skeletal Holocaust survivors didn't repeat itself last Saturday. At the same time, there is here also an explanation as to why the Invaders returned the wrong body. They're fucking with us because they are pieces of shit that need to be wiped out of existence. If any of them is innocent, it's up to those few innocent individuals to get the hell out of the combat zone, not on us to walk on needles to try to avoid harming them, if they even exist.

Anyway, on to the original post:

These are possible reasons why Hamas declared a few days ago that will refuse to release any more hostages. Multiple reasons might be true at once.

They want to resume the fighting while casting Israel as the aggressor.
They want to extort additional concessions in return for not breaking the deal.
They're providing fodder for the Israeli opposition to campaign against and destabilize the government.
The hostages are in terrible condition, and they're floundering around trying to buy time to fatten them up before releasing them in order to avoid a repeat of the PR disaster from the last hostage release. Even if the hostages testify about the abuse and the way they were fattened for the cameras, what matters is the visual imagery.
They are evil bastards who enjoy tormenting us for no reason other than pure hatred.
It's a reaction to Trump's relocation plan, which threatens to neutralize Gaza as a tool for destroying Israel and a means for conducting a new Holocaust against the Jewish people.
The hostages are all or almost all dead. Hamas is trying to avoid exposing its bluff.

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