Jonathan Schanzer

The Israelis are confident enough in their military and their intelligence and the tactics and strategies that they have, that they're okay with that if they get back 33 souls that have been held in Hamas custody in really grueling conditions.

So far, they're... Well, okay, right now there's 98 hostages still in Hamas custody. Unclear how many of them are alive, how many of them are dead. We just don't know. I'm not even sure that Hamas knows. You're going to get back out of those 98, you're going to get back 33. If the Israelis go to a second round, phase two, then there could be more.

So far, they're... Well, okay, right now there's 98 hostages still in Hamas custody. Unclear how many of them are alive, how many of them are dead. We just don't know. I'm not even sure that Hamas knows. You're going to get back out of those 98, you're going to get back 33. If the Israelis go to a second round, phase two, then there could be more.

So far, they're... Well, okay, right now there's 98 hostages still in Hamas custody. Unclear how many of them are alive, how many of them are dead. We just don't know. I'm not even sure that Hamas knows. You're going to get back out of those 98, you're going to get back 33. If the Israelis go to a second round, phase two, then there could be more.

But the people there that would be released would be men of fighting age. So, you know, between, let's say, 17 or 18 and, you know, up to, let's say, 40 or 50, even 50 years old. But I don't expect there to be a phase two. I think the Israelis are not likely to want to go that long and to allow Hamas to regroup for any longer than they'll get in this first round. I think there is a sense here.

But the people there that would be released would be men of fighting age. So, you know, between, let's say, 17 or 18 and, you know, up to, let's say, 40 or 50, even 50 years old. But I don't expect there to be a phase two. I think the Israelis are not likely to want to go that long and to allow Hamas to regroup for any longer than they'll get in this first round. I think there is a sense here.

But the people there that would be released would be men of fighting age. So, you know, between, let's say, 17 or 18 and, you know, up to, let's say, 40 or 50, even 50 years old. But I don't expect there to be a phase two. I think the Israelis are not likely to want to go that long and to allow Hamas to regroup for any longer than they'll get in this first round. I think there is a sense here.

Whether it's right or wrong, I'll let viewers decide, but I think in their view, the men of fighting age, the people that have been conscripted into the Israeli military, These are people that knew what they were getting into. Many of them were wearing uniforms on October 7th. Israel, I think, is, I don't want to say is willing to sacrifice them, but understands that this is the cost, right?

Whether it's right or wrong, I'll let viewers decide, but I think in their view, the men of fighting age, the people that have been conscripted into the Israeli military, These are people that knew what they were getting into. Many of them were wearing uniforms on October 7th. Israel, I think, is, I don't want to say is willing to sacrifice them, but understands that this is the cost, right?

Whether it's right or wrong, I'll let viewers decide, but I think in their view, the men of fighting age, the people that have been conscripted into the Israeli military, These are people that knew what they were getting into. Many of them were wearing uniforms on October 7th. Israel, I think, is, I don't want to say is willing to sacrifice them, but understands that this is the cost, right?

That you lose soldiers in battle, and I don't think they're going to want to make deals. They may try, but I think it seems unlikely from what I'm picking up.

That you lose soldiers in battle, and I don't think they're going to want to make deals. They may try, but I think it seems unlikely from what I'm picking up.

That you lose soldiers in battle, and I don't think they're going to want to make deals. They may try, but I think it seems unlikely from what I'm picking up.

But in the end, when you look at the deal that happened after 10-7, right, where there were 80-plus hostages that were released in the first round, then the Israelis were able to recoup a number of them, I think in the end more than a dozen or so, through operations where they saved individual hostages from tunnels or from apartments where they were being held by Hamas operatives.

But in the end, when you look at the deal that happened after 10-7, right, where there were 80-plus hostages that were released in the first round, then the Israelis were able to recoup a number of them, I think in the end more than a dozen or so, through operations where they saved individual hostages from tunnels or from apartments where they were being held by Hamas operatives.

But in the end, when you look at the deal that happened after 10-7, right, where there were 80-plus hostages that were released in the first round, then the Israelis were able to recoup a number of them, I think in the end more than a dozen or so, through operations where they saved individual hostages from tunnels or from apartments where they were being held by Hamas operatives.

Then you add to that the next round of 33, What I understand right now is that we could see out of the original 254 hostages that were taken that day, you're likely to see in the end, maybe about 130, 140, maximum 150 returned alive. Many of the ones that are dead were dead on October 7th.

Then you add to that the next round of 33, What I understand right now is that we could see out of the original 254 hostages that were taken that day, you're likely to see in the end, maybe about 130, 140, maximum 150 returned alive. Many of the ones that are dead were dead on October 7th.

Then you add to that the next round of 33, What I understand right now is that we could see out of the original 254 hostages that were taken that day, you're likely to see in the end, maybe about 130, 140, maximum 150 returned alive. Many of the ones that are dead were dead on October 7th.

And I don't know how to do the math here, but I think the Israelis believe that with the deal that they're making, they're going to get back upwards of 140, 150 people alive. And I don't think anyone in this country thought from the original 254