3 days ago
- Politics
- Wall Street Journal
Israel's Agonizing Choice Over Which Hostages to Save
TEL AVIV—Only 20 of the hostages Hamas is holding in Gaza are believed to be alive. A cease-fire deal being negotiated is expected to bring an agonizing choice over who to free. Israel can only pick 10.
'It's Schindler's list,' said Anat Angrest, the mother of captive soldier Matan Angrest, 22, who said her son was injured. 'I don't understand how the state can choose who should stay in hell.'
