As we look at this video of hostages who are
free and the celebration in the streets politically,
how much time does this by Netanyahu relief from pressure
both domestically with the pending guns,
resignation and the pressure from the US and and Other
allies around the world?
Well, I don't think it's going to gain a whole
lot of time internationally,
Victor. It certainly will gain some time domestically from Mr.
Netanyahu because he has a lot of supporters in the
Israeli government.
I'd like to point out,
though, one thing that that our great reporter Ben Wiedemann
mentioned,
you know, he said the last big tranche of hostages
occurred after the the cessation of hostilities several months ago,
and there hasn't been that kind of release since then.
Yeah. I'd like to point out,
though, that Israel has made.
The offer to Hamas on multiple occasions to have ceasefire
in exchange for hostages.
And Hamas continues to play with them on this.
They will bring them right up to the doorstep of
a ceasefire with the potential for release of hostages from
both the Palestinian camps in Israel,
but also the ones that they took on October the
7th.
And then at the very end,
just when there's hope, Hamas dashes those hope.
I think that's what Max was describing.
So, you know, it, it,
it, it's going to mean a continuation of the operation.
And there is certainly a disconnect between the Biden administration
and the Netanyahu government in terms of what they should
do in terms of a ceasefire and a three phase
plan that President Biden pointed out that he was offering
it allegedly with Mr.
Netanyahu's approval a few days ago.
But I think as long as the hostages are still
in captivity and Hamas shows no interest in releasing them,
Remember, these four that were were kept were recovered this
morning.
Alive were not given up by Hamas.
They were driven by intelligence operations by the Israeli.
Military. So I think you're going to see a continuation
of that kind of intelligence.
And plus I'd add that these hostages will also be
able to add to that intelligence in terms of their
type of treatment,
where they've been moved from,
the number of moves they've made,
what locations are they putting their fellow hostages in?
They may be able to add a lot of information
and intelligence for the Israeli military to go after some
more houses.