Amid chaos on the ground in Gaza, IDF struggles with Israeli leaders' calls for annexation

This was the week when everything came unglued. Last week, American and Israeli sources were still talking, with a modicum of enthusiasm, about a possible approaching deal for the release of half of the Hamas-held hostages. Those hopes, which seemed rather unwarranted from the outset, faded at the end of last week.

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