On video: The release of the security prisoners has begun: they are being transferred from Dermon prison to Ofer/photo: ynet
On October 7, the Israeli government allowed Hamas to kidnap more than 240 people from its territory, and to murder hundreds more with unimaginable cruelty.
The government allowed the enemy across the border to cross the "impenetrable" fence and occupy entire settlements.
The prices are being paid and will be paid decades into the future - a terrible loss of life that only increases every morning when the IDF "allows it to be published", a mental price for an entire country in post-trauma, a huge economic price.
And there is another price that we have no choice but to pay, and in cash: the price required to complete A deal that will return the 136 abductees who are still being held in Gaza, home.
Any cost to bring them back - yes, even the abominable Nuh'ba killers/IDF spokesman
These lines may increase the transaction price.
It's possible.
It is also possible that the leaders of Hamas are sitting on comfortable armchairs in their reporting tunnels and watching the television channels from Israel, where they see the demonstrations for the release of the kidnapped.
It is likely that it serves their interests and they rub their hands with pleasure.
It's possible.
So what?
When there are 136 innocent Israelis who have been rotting in Gaza for more than 100 days, there is no choice but to pay any price and return them.
any price
Just bring them home, and allow the families of the abductees who are still alive to embrace what is left of their loved ones, and allow the families of the murdered abductees, to close a terrible circle and get a grave to cry over.
This is the minimum that the State of Israel can do after the historic failure of the government, of its leader, of the IDF, of the security and intelligence agencies.
Yes, any price to bring them back. Yes, even the abominable Nuh'ba murderers with blood on their hands. There is no choice. And the murderers who will be released in the deal should be dealt with later. But first of all, release the abductees. The government's order of priorities must be clear: return all the abductees, and dismantle Hamas. In that order. Because the State of Israel will be able to eliminate Hamas even in six months, but it is possible that in six months there will no longer be any abductees to return alive.
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This morning, the Minister of Finance said that he "deliberated for a long time" whether to attend the conference to promote the transfer and settlement in Gaza that was held this week.
The end is known: he decided to come to the conference and be one of the keynote speakers.
It wasn't really a hesitation, just as there shouldn't be a hesitation when all the ministers come to take a deep breath, leave politics aside, and vote in favor of the deal they will put on the table.
Even if their stomach hurts.
Because the greatness of leaders is revealed only in traps.
This is the time to prove greatness and responsibility.
And so the bottom line is clear and unequivocal: yes, at any cost.
Bring them all back.
now.
The writer is the deputy editor-in-chief and head of the news department of Walla!
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