Palestinian women and minors who were released by Israel on Friday instantly embraced the flag of the Hamas terrorist group after they were freed into Judea and Samaria.

The convicted criminals, many of whom had ties to Islamic terrorist groups, were released in exchange for Hamas releasing 13 Israeli hostages who were abducted during their October 7 terrorist attack during which they murdered 1,200 Israelis and kidnapped more than 240 people.

Of the 39 Palestinian criminals who were released, 22 were women, 13 were boys, and two were girls.

“The Hamas flags in the West Bank aren’t anecdotal,” said security analyst Michael A. Horowitz. “It’s one of the group’s main objectives: To entrench itself in the West Bank, where the battle to lead the Palestinian cause will take place, in the post-Abbas era. The group has never been more popular there.”

[Also amazing how the gushing news reports on the tearful reunions forgot to mention, say, the “16 yr old snatched and imprisoned by Israelis” has stabbed to death people in a cafe. All the stories were, like, Oops, details missing. ~ Beege]

This is the deal pic.twitter.com/xIZcfl2qEB

— Dr. Eli David (@DrEliDavid) November 24, 2023