1. For what reason did Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu temporarily delay the release of the 110 Palestinian prisoners to be exchanged on Thursday for 3 Israelis and 5 Thai national hostages?

2. What did PM Netanyahu demand of the mediators of the ceasefire deal?

3. What did Hamas force 20 year-old Agam Berger (a young female soldier) to do before she was handed over to the Red Cross?

4. What treatment did Arbel (a woman) and Gadi (an old man - 80) endure at the hands of the Palestinians on their way to being turned over by Hamas to the Red Cross?

5. Watch the 1st three videos under "Resources" below the questions. 110 Palestinian prisoners (many serving life sentences for murder) were released from an Israeli prison in exchange for the 3 Israelis. If Israel had paraded any of them (especially a woman, or an old person) through the streets with Israelis jeering and jostling them, how would the UN have reacted? How would the Western world have reacted? Same, different? Explain your answer.

6. Shiri and Yarden Bibas, and their sons Ariel, 5, and Kfir, 2, were taken hostage from their home on October 7, 2023, by Hamas terrorists. Watch the video of Yosi Shnaider, cousin of Shri Bibas talking about the family’s kidnapping.
a) What is your reaction to Mr. Shnaider's assertions?
b) Hamas will give no information on the Bibas children or their parents. What should the Israeli government/military do?
c) United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on Thursday (Jan. 30) on X demanded that "2,500 [Palistinian] children must be immediately evacuated from Gaza for medical treatment [by Israel] with the guarantee that they will be able to return to their families and communities."
He has not made any demand from Hamas about the Bibas boys - or their parents. What is your reaction to this?