Ok, this the situation, from a birds eye point of view.

First of all, Hamas lives and dies by the sword. The reason why Hamas provoked Israel is the first place, was because they were getting obsolete. Why were they getting obsolete? Because the entire Arab world were getting to a point where we are going to ACCEPT Israel, and live in peace besides Israel.

This process has been going on for at long time, and it is, in these days actually culminating in a uniform support of the cease fire from all the Arab countries. Even Quatar supports the ceasefire.

Now that this has happened, what are we going to do with Hamas, that has no backing anymore?

That is really the issue.

As soon as Hamas gives over its last bargaining chip, that is the hostages, they essentially have no more raison d´etre.

Yes, they are supported by Iran, to some extent. But Hamas is Sunni Muslim, and Iran is Shia, so it is an alliance of common goals, not of shared belief system.

At the end of the day, this is very important for the Israeli leadership to count into the negations. It is important to understand, that this is very last stand of Hamas. When they hand over their last hostages, they are, essentially, without any importance anymore.

So, we should not see their recalcitrance as an evil thing, it is their last stand, and they suffering.

G-d bless the will to understand the fight also from a perspective of sincerity.