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To: Les H who wrote (40479)	1/29/2024 1:47:15 PM
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Israel-Hamas War: Rockets shower Tel Aviv, Israel nearing Khan Yunis victory Details of UNRWA workers' role in October 7 massacre revealed • 'Constructive' meeting on Gaza hostage deal ends in Paris, gaps remain The new hostage deal includes a first phase of 45 days of pause in the fighting in exchange for 35-40 hostages, N12 reported on Monday. In return, Israel will release 100-250 terrorists for each hostage, totaling 4000-5000 terrorists, the Israeli news outlet noted. A senior diplomatic source told The Jerusalem Post on Monday that the details are "not accurate" and that there is a "low probability of this happening." ... The six-page dossier, seen by Reuters, alleges that some 190 UNRWA employees, including teachers, have doubled as Hamas or Islamic Jihad militants. It has names and pictures for 11 of them. The Palestinians have accused Israel of falsifying information to tarnish UNRWA, which says it has fired some staffers and is investigating the allegations. One of the 11 is a school counselor accused in the Israeli dossier of providing unspecified assistance to his son in the abduction of a woman during the Hamas infiltration in which 1,200 people were killed and 253 kidnapped. jpost.com Netanyahu fears a 45-day ceasefire will extend and he'll have to face elections and jail time. Apparently, the son brought the female abductee to the woman's home where she may have been held for an unspecified period of time. It's weak, and one could make the case of Israeli officials doing far more to aid and abet the invasion with approval of the festival over objections of security officials probably having the prime multiplier effect.