Hamas yesterday released three more Israeli captives in the Gaza Strip in the sixth such exchange following days of tense negotiations that threatened to undo the precarious ceasefire. In return, Israel began returning 369 Palestinian prisoners held in Israeli jails, most without any charges or convictions. It is the largest number of Palestinians to be freed since the beginning of …

When the Israeli-Hamas war started one year ago, it didn’t look like it would last long. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s promise to avenge the deaths of over 364 Israelis killed and dozens taken hostage by Hamas on 7 October at a music concert left little doubt it was going to be a bloody phase. But how long, ugly or …