If so, give them credit for sticking to the bit. The only problem is that Hamas is running out of time for playing games — and no one’s coming to their aid.
After the fall of Bashar al-Assad and the retreat of Hezbollah, negotiators in Cairo and Doha claimed that Hamas had suddenly decided to offer concessions on hostage negotiations. The elimination of Yahya Sinwar supposedly opened up new options for the terrorists to exit the conflict while saving some face. Donald Trump’s election and subsequent pledge to unleash “hell” on anyone holding Americans hostage appeared to change the calculus in Gaza, too. According to negotiators, Hamas no longer conditioned talks or a first exchange of hostages for prisoners on a complete Israeli cease-fire.
And then … Lucy yanked the football for the nth time, predictably as well as predicted:
Israeli officials charged…
