Hamas has indicated it is currently unable to identify and track down 40 Israeli hostages needed for the first phase of a ceasefire deal, according to an Israeli official and a source familiar with the discussions, raising fears that more hostages may be dead than are publicly known.
I have…
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/2023_Israeli–Palestinian_prisoner_exchange
Again, your own article says CNN knows there aren’t 40 hostages left that aren’t noncombatants.
Israel keeps taking civilians hostage, so they have enough.
Since 10/7 the only Israelis Hamas interacts with are combatants. They literally don’t have enough hostages left for this deal, which is likely how the deal arrived at that number.
It’s something that literally is impossible to comply with, and Israel gets to blame Hamas.
This ain’t complicated bub. Your own source agrees with me.
You should read it