Take my love, take my land,

take me where I cannot stand…

I don’t care as long as we

get kebab for treefiddy

Eventually the cost of keeping and the benefit gained from returning them might become greater than the benefit gained from their leverage, which is when they’ll be returned. However, that remains to be seen. If, eventually, the hostages’ wellbeing can be used to force the IDF’s hand in Hamas’ favour, I doubt they’ll be returned anytime soon, if at all.

The leverage? The hostage being a bargaining chip? Which is lost when the hostage is dead.

If they don’t plan to return them they would’ve killed them.

That’s nonsense.