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Al Jazeera
Al Jazeera
Politics
Zoran Kusovac

Analysis: Does Israel’s land operation mean captives won’t be released?

Flares are pictured over Gaza, seen from Sderot in southern Israel, [Violeta Santos Moura/Reuters]

As the world watches “expanded land operations” in Gaza by the Israeli army, some may wonder what happened to the news that we heard earlier today that there would be a release of captives that would end the war.

The “well-informed leak” swept across the region faster than anything else has during this conflict on Friday: “Hamas is about to release all hostages that it is holding and that will stop the war.”

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