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.
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The “later phases” is exchanging combatants…
And they’re willing to do that. Just not for noncombatants.
It’s very simple, I’m not sure how to put any plainer.
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