Former US National Security Advisor, John Bolton, said that Hamas achieved a major victory over Israel.
John Bolton’s statement came in an article published in the British newspaper "The Telegraph” in which he stated that the exchange deal had a price and gains, but that Hamas fighters, whom he described as "terrorists”, reaped the majority of the gains.
He wrote that freeing detainees from the grip of Hamas is “deserving of praise, but there are right and wrong ways to do it.”
He added: “It is still unclear whether the deal will set a categorically negative precedent for Israel, but it casts doubt on its ability to achieve its legitimate goal of eliminating the terrorist threat posed by Hamas.”
The former American official considered the exchange deal “fatally flawed” in many aspects, even if things went well.
He stated that the process of releasing the prisoners will continue for 4 days, which are the days of the truce, and Israel, according to Bolton, will work to prepare for the second round of fighting, including delivering supplies to the forces and replacing some of them, but the Hamas movement is the biggest beneficiary of the truce, as it has been subjected to strong pressure.
From Israel during the days of fighting, and when the fighting stops, it will extract its fighters from a difficult situation.
