I am of the opinion from Day One that the hostages are a powerful way for the Gazans while many here were advocating just finishing them off. There is a reason--more than just some Islamic injunctions to treat the captives humanely: The hostages are a powerful card to play with!
An interesting video here: First, I am surprised that Tucker Carson invited Professor Jeffery Sachs to his show. Tucker is an opportunist, racist and used to be a war-monger most of his journalistic career but lately he has been tapping into the innate isolationism present in most Americans, which translates into anti-war movements. There is no question that Trump's 'base' is isolationist and anti-war despite having many Rapture Seekers. Anyway, here,
Tucker subtly saying to Israel: Go fight your own wars!! That's a huge message to the millions of pro Israel war mongers in America and they also love Tucker for other reasons.
I am only including a small relevant part of the video: