Hamas knows once it released the last 10 hostages, then Israel can then go into those tunnels, flood them with water, flood them with whatever flammable substance that we can find, and that will be the end of Hamas.
Michael Oren explains Hamas's reluctance to release all hostages due to the potential consequences for the organization.
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