Hamas’s conditional agreement to release all remaining Israeli hostages —both the 20 presumed alive and the remains of the dead—has opened a critical, albeit fragile, window in the protracted Gaza conflict. This response, delivered just hours before President Donald Trump’s “Sunday deadline" ultimatum, is a shrewd political manoeuvre, designed to avert the threat of “ all hell " while simultaneously ensuring the fight for Palestinian rights continues at the negotiating table.

The true intent of the armed group, which the Israeli government is now poring over, lies in the deliberate omissions and counter-proposals. Hamas’s willingness to cede control of Gaza to a body of Palestinian technocrats strongly indicates a rejection of Trump’s proposed “Board of Peace", a new international tra

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