In the exchange deal between Israel and Hamas, Israel agreed to release 150 terrorist prisoners - among them teen terrorists - in return for 50 Israeli female and child hostages captured by Hamas during its terror attack on Israel on Oct. 7.
Palestinians and others abroad have shockingly compared the innocent Israeli civilian hostages to the Palestinian terrorists imprisoned for terror attacks.
Thus, PLO Ambassador to the UK Husam Zomlot referred to Palestinian terrorist prisoners and Israeli civilian captives as one and the same thing - “hostages”:

A Jewish tourist from Mexico who suffered an antisemitic attack in the German city of Munich is himself under police investigation for assault after two of the men who struck him sustained minor injuries during their altercation.
“What else should I have done?” the 30-year-old man, who has not been named, told broadcaster BR24 when asked about the incident.
The attack took place last Thursday night as the man, who wears a kippah, was leaving a local bar. While he was speaking to a Jewish friend in a video call, six men confronted him.

(December 20, 2023 / JNS) - The “political” wing of the Hamas terrorist group is holding secret talks in Doha with its Fatah rivals about forming an alliance after the war in Gaza ends, The Wall Street Journal reported on Tuesday.
These discussions have increased tensions with Yahya Sinwar, head of the terrorist group’s “military” wing in Gaza, according to the U.S. newspaper, citing people familiar with the negotiations and an Israeli official.