Top of the Hour: Poll Finds Most Israelis Support Prisoner Swaps, Morning Headlines

The Takeaway

A poll by Israeli newspaper Yedioth Ahronoth  found that nearly  79 percent of Israelis support releasing 477 Palestinian prisoners in exchange for a single Israeli soldier captured by Hamas. Many of the Palestinian prisoners were serving life sentences for committing violent crimes.

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