Analysis: Does Israel’s land operation mean captives won’t be released?

As the world watches “expanded land operations” in Gaza by the Israeli army, some may wonder what happened to news we heard earlier today that there would be a release of captives that would end the war.

The “well-informed leak” swept across the region faster than anything else has during this conflict on Friday: “Hamas is about to release all hostages that it is holding and that will stop the war”.

Since the flareup of violence on October 7, the Middle East has been awash with…