Israel, Hamas agree deal for release of Gaza hostages, truce

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GAZA/TEL AVIV, Nov 22 (Reuters) - Israel's government and Hamas agreed on Wednesday to a four-day pause in fighting to allow the release of 50 hostages held in Gaza in exchange for 150 Palestinians imprisoned in Israel, and the entry of humanitarian aid into the besieged enclave.

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They also assassinated their journalist Shireen Abu Akleh last year so idk what type of ceasefire it is when only one side gets to murder the others (but they didn't drop any bombs so it's ok).

And Hamas fired thousands of rockets at Israel during the ceasefire since 2007, is that also not an act of war?

That's after the blockade, which is again an act of war.

The blockade was in response to the election of a known terrorist organization that was amassing weapons.

But hey, if you think it's okay to try and murder Israeli civilians on the daily, why are you so mad at Israel killing Palestinian civilians? Seems pretty hypocritical of you.

The blockade started 3 months before Hamas was elected so... yeah. Israel declared war on Gaza before Hamas was even elected.

My mistake, but looking it up I also found out Palestine was firing rockets at Israel for years before the blockade:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Rocket_Attacks_fired_at_Israel_from_the_Gaza_Strip_by_year.png

The thing is: Occupation is also an act of war, and Gaza (and the West Bank) have been occupied by Israel since 1970. You see the current state of the West Bank? This was also Gaza before 2005.

As a result of the 1967 war of aggression by the PLO. Palestine lost a war and still had a government that mandated the destruction of Israel as their second charter. So they weren't exactly a friendly neighbor to Israel.