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(NewsNation) —  Greetings from Tel Aviv.

It’s not an exaggeration to consciousness similar we unrecorded successful a wholly antithetic world. Twenty surviving hostages person present been returned to Israel, and families similar that of Guy Gilboa-Dalal oregon Alon Ohel, whom we’ve spoken with extensively, are reunited. Their dreams person travel true. 

I retrieve archetypal arriving successful Israel connected Oct. 8, 2023. On that day, determination was inactive street-fighting taking spot successful confederate Israel arsenic the Israeli Defense Forces hadn’t regained afloat operational power of the territory. That day, we didn’t adjacent cognize however galore radical were killed oregon taken hostage. 

Fast guardant to this past Wednesday, and Hamas does not person a azygous surviving Israeli hostage successful captivity. Quite the singular presumption to beryllium in, fixed wherever we started. 

Hamas dilatory to instrumentality dormant Israeli hostages

But not everybody is celebrating. Under the parameters of Phase 1 of the ceasefire, Hamas was expected to return the remains of each 28 dormant Israeli hostages they had successful their possession. Four came location Monday. Overnight, 4 much bodies were delivered, but aft a forensic analysis, Israel determined lone 3 of those remains belonged to hostages and that the 4th was not a match.

The Israeli Prime Minister’s Office slammed the slow-walking of the process, saying, “We volition not compromise connected this and we volition spare nary effort until we instrumentality each of the hostages, until the past one.” 

President Donald Trump connected Tuesday said it appeared Hamas "misrepresented" the fig of dormant hostages they had successful their possession, adding, “I privation them back. That's what they said. I privation them back.”

Ceasefire woody betwixt Hamas and Israel is fragile

The woody is inherently fragile, and thing tin derail the agreement, particularly thing this delicate to hostage families. The remains of 2 American hostages, Omer Neutra and Itay Chen, are inactive not backmost successful Israel. 

Trump, however, has vowed to support the discussions going connected Phase 2 of the agreement, which involves hard taxable matters to negociate — including who volition govern Gaza and the demilitarization of Hamas.

While speaking to reporters, however, helium made wide that Hamas laying down its weapons is not optional. 

“We person told them we privation to disarm and they will disarm,” Trump said. “And if they don't disarm, we will disarm them, and it'll hap rapidly and possibly violently.

The large representation is that Trump wants to usage this infinitesimal and reshape the Middle East by opening up diplomatic ties betwixt Israel and different countries astir the region.

But first, we person to navigate these adjacent fewer days and weeks.

Also, successful lawsuit you missed it, I’m retired with an op-ed successful the Daily Mail today, which you tin work here, focusing connected the Oct. 8 attacks and the unit connected the crushed present that helped bring this woody together. 

Additionally, I sat down for an interrogation with Mediaite connected immoderate of my reporting successful Gaza, which you tin read oregon perceive to here.

And lastly, we’re little than 60 days distant from the merchandise of my book, "Lessons From the Front." I’m overwhelmed by the surge we’ve seen this week with truthful overmuch quality coming retired of the Middle East, and I humbly convey you for that. For those inactive funny successful preordering, you tin bash truthful through Amazon, Barnes and Noble or Bloomsbury.