Israel has called a Hamas proposal for releasing hostages “ludicrous” as the militant Palestinian group wants Israel to release those responsible for murders and rapes on October 7 in exchange for the people it kidnapped. “Hamas’ ludicrous demand [is] that the [Israel Defense Forces] fully withdraw from Gaza and that we release the Hamas … rapists and murderers who committed the atrocities of October 7 in exchange for the release of our hostages,” Avi Hyman, an Israeli government spokesman, said on Monday. “And as if that’s not enough, we were told that we would also have to establish a Pale…