Why are Israel's deals to exchange hostages so lopsided?

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu met with U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio to discuss the urgency of releasing remaining Israeli hostages held by Hamas. An Israeli delegation traveled to Cairo to negotiate a second phase of the ceasefire agreement, where Hamas agreed to release 33 Israeli hostages in exchange for Israel freeing around 1,900 Palestinian prisoners, some convicted of serious crimes. NPR’s Jerome Socolovsky explores the political implications and dilemmas of prisoner swaps in abductee cases.

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