To sum it all up – Isabel Kershner in NYT:

‘Israeli officials said about 1,200 people were killed in Israel and 251 others were abducted to Gaza during the Hamas-led attack on Israel in October 2023 that ignited the war. Hamas had already been holding two Israeli civilians for almost a decade and the remains of two soldiers killed in ambushes in Gaza in 2014.
Four women were released early on in October 2023, and a female soldier was rescued in a military operation that month. During two temporary cease-fires, in November 2023 and early this year, a total of 135 hostages were freed, according to government data. The Trump administration negotiated the release of an Israeli-American soldier in May. Seven more hostages were rescued alive by the Israeli military.
The remains of 59 captives who did not survive were returned to Israel for burial before Monday’s exchange, according to the Israeli government.

More than 67,000 Palestinians have been killed during Israel’s two-year counteroffensive in Gaza, according to local health officials, whose data does not distinguish between civilians and combatants, but includes thousands of children.’

Read the article here.

What was achieved?

Benjamin’s point that history is an endless cycle of catastrophes has been enforced, so much is for sure.