Hamas has indicated it is currently unable to identify and track down 40 Israeli hostages needed for the first phase of a ceasefire deal, according to an Israeli official and a source familiar with the discussions, raising fears that more hostages may be dead than are publicly known.
Do sides have to be taken in a negotiation?
I would say yes. That’s the whole point of a negotiation.
Should we grant:
I just don’t understand why you’re calling out only one party?
Because one party is demanding something the other party says it doesn’t have.