Published: 19 April 2016
Last updated: 4 March 2024
Hamas and Israel have been exchanging messages for a year now without any progress. Over the year, Hamas' situation has only got worse. The problem is bigger than the dire economic conditions in the Gaza Strip and the deteriorating relationship between Hamas and Egypt. It also involves an overwhelming feeling among the Hamas leadership that the people in Gaza are simply fed up with their rule. Hamas believes the only way for it to bring good news to the people of the Gaza Strip is to announce another prisoner exchange with Israel.
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