So far, so great: Hamas and Israel truly seem set to make Stage One happen, with all living hostages freed early next week as the IDF pulls back to the first cease-fire line.

Israelis and Gazans alike are cheering the evident start of the end of this awful war — and rightly crediting President Donald Trump for making it happen.

Yet it gets tougher from here, as Israelis release 100 hard cases for every live hostage they welcome home, and the terrorists take their time finding and handing over the mortal remains of the other hostages.

Then more talks on toward a total ceasefire, with Hamas disarming and an interim, trustworthy Gaza governing authority established — two vital steps that the terrorists have not yet explicitly agreed to, and will likely try to avoid.

Yet a new Middl

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