IDF running out of Gaza hostage deal options with Hamas

Hostage deal talks appear in crisis as holiday deadlines pass with no results

Hamas and Israel both viewed the holidays as a potential deadline to reach a follow-up agreement, but the gap between each side's conditions has not been bridged – Israel rejects the idea of continued Hamas rule and Hamas refuses to release the hostages without guarantees for an end to the war

IDF running out of Gaza hostage deal options with Hamas

Officials stress that the war can only end if Gaza is fully demilitarized, and that Hamas is neither a legitimate military nor civilian authority.

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