Pakistan, Oct. 10 -- After two years of relentless bombardment, starvation, and siege, Hamas and Israel have inked a ceasefire-and-hostage deal in Sharm el-Sheikh. For the exhausted residents of Gaza, this ceasefire offers an exhale, not a promise. Islamabad has hailed Hamas's conditional acceptance of the accord as a window for a ceasefire, though more than sixty thousand Palestinians have been killed. This truce, celebrated as "phase one" of a broader plan, stipulates that Hamas will release all surviving Israeli captives while Israel frees about two thousand Palestinian prisoners, including several hundred serving life sentences. Humanitarian aid is also promised "at scale" for Gaza's starving population. In essence, the deal swaps cap...