Even the very rich donors to the Palestinian jihadis have to admit that the return on their investment was not very productive for fiscal year 2024. Even the exchange rate Prisoners/Hostage has greatly declined from its maximum rate a few years ago, of 1000 inmates per freed hosage.
The slaughter on 7 October 2023, seems to have slap-jacked awake the sleeping Israelis, and now instead of acting only defensively, the IDF has emerged in a proactive preventative approach to the jihadis.