Israel strikes a hostage deal but promises the Gaza war isn’t over

SINCE IT BEGAN more than six weeks ago, Israel’s war in Gaza has had two main objectives: to remove from power in the enclave, and to free the hostages Hamas abducted during its murderous rampage on October 7th. At times, those goals have been in conflict. Air strikes meant to damage Hamas’s network of underground tunnels, for instance, risked killing the hostages held in those same tunnels.