This is what I wrote about recently in this blog—a list was quickly made as the hostages came into Gaza, and that list was shared with Qatar and I’m sure Iran.  From the article, “Qatar, the close U.S. ally with influence over Hamas, approached the White House shortly after Oct. 7 with information about the hostages the militants had just taken.”  See “How a secret cell got Hamas to release 50 hostages,” Politico, 11-21-23.

The danger of tag-teaming continues to grow.  “US says Russia’s Wagner providing air defense capability to Hezbollah, Iran,” AA, 11-21-23.

“The White House is concerned Iran may provide ballistic missiles to Russia for use against Ukraine,” YNews, 11-21-23.