By Amos Harel, Barak Ravid and Yossi Melman, Haaretz Correspondents: IDF Chief: It is our duty to bring the hostages home
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Title:Numbers 1 and 2 are valid questions
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#1: "In the future why would the enemy keep Israeli and/or Jewish hostages alive when they can get what they want just by exchanging coffins?"

Answer 1: if the enemy will want an exchange of coffins for only a few of his prisoners, then, the above post is definitely correct.
But if the enemy wants 1000 prisoners per Israeli soldier then he will keep him alive.

#2: "They haven`t even ascertained if Goldwasser and/or Regev are alive or dead but are still debating deals..."

Answer 2: They (the government) don`t understand answer 1 above. In other words they "debate" stupidly. The truth is that often, the enemy kill our prisoners before thinking: their murderous mind often prevails. They know that even then they can get a very high prize for bones.