Inside the IDF’s Latest Gaza Push and Hostage Negotiations – ILTV Interview

Miri analyzes the IDF’s newest large-scale incursion into Gaza, emphasizing its coordinated deployment of five divisions simultaneously into the north, south, and central areas—an operational shift from previous piecemeal advances. She highlights that forces are re-entering areas they've controlled before, with an eye on maintaining active pressure on Hamas. Addressing ongoing hostage negotiations, Miri notes the deadlock: Israel insists on continued operations during talks, while Hamas demands a halt to IDF actions before any progress, a fundamental sticking point complicating an agreement. The reported killing of Mohammad Sinwar, a top Hamas commander in Gaza, could create room for negotiation but, according to Miri, Hamas’s deep-rooted organizational structure and ideology mean that new leadership will quickly fill the void without fundamentally altering their hardline stance. She underscores the difficulty of negotiating with Hamas, who both set the terms and remain unpredictable and ruthless, yet stresses the need to prevent further harm to the remaining hostages while not surrendering to Hamas’s demands.