The same article from the Times of Israel also says that :

Source for the 900.000

Don’t forget all these talks about russian false flags in february 2022(, e.g.), we(sterners) are well-placed to know what’s up :

An example

As a reminder, you don’t negotiate with terrorists.
But it may be a threat solely in order to obtain the prisoners without releasing any palestinian hostages in exchange. At this point though, i don’t think it matters whether they keep the israelis prisoners or not.