The Palestinian Hamas terrorist organization reportedly rejected an Israeli offer Monday for a deal to free the remaining 132 or so hostages still in captivity in Gaza because the proposed agreement did not include a permanent end to Israel’s counteroffensive.
Hamas seized 243 hostages when it invaded Israel in the October 7 terror attack, when it also murdered roughly 1,200 people. An earlier hostage deal saw 110 hostages released over a one-week period in late October; Hamas broke that truce, resuming the war.
U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken hailed a potential agreement on Monday that would have seen a phased release of hostages in return for lengthy pauses in fighting and the release of a large number of Palestinian terror convicts — up to 10,000 terrorists.
But Hamas issued a statement along with the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP), another…
