The Release of 150 Hostages is not Enough

 Not enough, the 50 hostages who are to be released in Gaza. There are 240 of them. We should thank the negotiators who arranged for the 50 releases, but it would have been better had they been able to secure the release of all 240. The news stories I have read did not explore what prevented all 240 from being released.
Also, I was surprised to learn the 150 persons who Israel is releasing in exchange are also all women and children, same as the prisoners Hamas will be releasing. I am surprised Israel captures women and children. Perhaps doing so helps in exchanges such as this, though. It will be interesting to learn how Israel has treated these prisoners.
And also, would it have been possible to get all 240 of the hostages released  if they were exchanged for Hamas soldiers? If so, it would appear that should have been done.