New details about the apparent kidnapping deal: more prisoners will be released in exchange for each captive - voila! news. In Israel they understand that it is impossible to make a big deal.

Hamas has so far not really responded to the Paris 2 outline. Just as Israel will not say that it agrees to stop the war, neither will Hamas withdraw from its demand that the war stop. Both sides, I think, understand that they are entering into a deal This, for phase A, which may be the first and last phase as well, but this is probably the maximum that can be achieved at this stage"