Israel Seizes 60 More Palestinian Hostages

That brings the total to 260. 50 of the newly-seized hostages were recently freed prisoners. Israel routinely reimprisons Palestinians they've previously released in various swaps with the Palestinians, whether to free an Israeli captured by Palestinians, or to get the Palestinian "leadership" to go along with the cruel charade of "peace talks." So the Israeli are replenishing their hostage bank, Now with about 90 Palestinian prisoners seized for each of the 3 Israeli teenagers gone missing in the occupied West Bank and presumed kidnapped, there is plenty of bartering tender- not to mention the thousands of Palestinians already in Israeli captivity at any given time, the majority political prisoners not tried or convicted of any alleged offense.

But for now, the Israelis are using the hostages to try and extract information, and as a way to put pressure on the Palestinian community to give up information about the Israeli teens.