After thinking the hostage deal was a done deal, I discovered that it wasn't. Read the CNN article.

    Gaza ceasefire-hostage deal to begin Sunday, bringing rare halt to months of fighting

By Lauren Izso, Mick Krever, Kareem El Damanhoury, Mohammed Tawfeeq and Lex Harvey, CNN

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Updated 11:59 AM EST, Sat January 18, 2025 

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       The deal, which is made up of three phases, will come into effect at 8:30 a.m. local time (1:30 a.m. ET) on Sunday.

The first phase, expected to last six weeks, will see a pause to the fighting in Gaza and the release of 33 Israeli hostages and nearly 2,000 Palestinian prisoners.   

So, on Sunday, three Hamas hostages were already released. It's true that the hostage swap only takes effect when Israel fulfills its obligations; Israel could have done that earlier.

       Foreign hostages, including Americans, are expected to be released in addition to the 33 Israeli hostages, a source familiar told CNN Friday.

Three female Israeli civilian hostages held in Gaza are expected to be released on the first day, according to two US officials. Ninety-five Palestinian prisoners are set to be released after 4 p.m. local time Sunday, Israel’s Ministry of Justice said.   

the Israelis are trying to

and only then does Israel think

All but 10 of the 94 hostages are Israeli or dual citizens, while eight are from Thailand, one is from Nepal, and one is from Tanzania, according to the Israeli Prime Minister’s Office.   

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Negotiations for the second and third phases of the ceasefire will begin on the 16th day of the implementation of the deal, according to an Israeli official.   

So the negotiations first took place on February 11th.

Israeli strikes have killed more than 122 people since the ceasefire deal was announced, including 33 children, according to Gaza’s Civil Defense.   

So what does peace mean more than 100 murders

Netanyahu told his security cabinet on Friday that he received “guarantees” from negotiators that the US would back a return to war if future talks with Hamas break down, a source familiar with the matter told CNN

If there is something in it then the failure of the negotiations is pre-programmed

and the cabinet knows it

And it reinforces my view that if we were to apply the moral criteria of the Nuremberg trials, the entire Israeli cabinet would be hanged.