Ok, this is my comment to the “alternative deal”, that is a single stage deal.
All in all, we have discussed the whole deal for a long time. It is a deal, where Hamas is converted into a non fighting force, a deal where the leadership gets to survive and find an alternative place to live and the hostages are returned home.
Seen from the Israeli side, it is about securing that the 7´th october does not happen again, and from an Arab Palestinian perspective a matter of keeping their freedom.
This can be done by making a peacekeeping MUSLIM force in Gaza.
We do not get any further in the discussion, so we should just make the deal.
And again, with the prowess Israel makes on the battlefield. This is a deal, that can be done today. In a month or two, the bargaining chips will have lost a lot of their value at the Iranian side. So, this is the best, that Hamas can achieve. If it waits any longer, it will get a worse deal.
G-d bless the will to find peace in the Middle East, not only in Gaza but everywhere. May The Middle East progress and thrive under the keen and good gaze of G-d.