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


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An Israeli delegation is in Cairo to hash out details for the second phase of a ceasefire deal with Hamas.

Under the first phase of the deal, Hamas agreed to release a total of 33 Israeli hostages – and Israel said it would free around 1,900 Palestinian prisoners and detainees.

NPR's Jerome Socolovsky looks into why Israel has long accepted lopsided deals to bring back abducted citizens.

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