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Opinion: Myth and reality in Israel’s hostage negotiations

The aims of a safe return of hostages and an unconstrained, endless war cannot be reconciled.

Posters of some of the people taken hostage during the Hamas-led attacks on Oct. 7, in a square outside the Tel Aviv Museum of Art in Tel Aviv, Israel, Feb. 17, 2024. (Sergey Ponomarev/The New York Times)