At least, that’s what Benjamin Netanyahu heavily implied in an address to the nation last night. In an astonishingly bold prediction, he declared: “I hope that, with God’s help, in the coming days, even during the Sukkot holiday, we will be able to announce the return of all the hostages—the living and the slain, in one go, with the IDF still deployed deep in Gaza.”

Shocked that he’s broadcasting such optimism despite two years of failures to bring all the hostages home? I’m with you on this one.

What bothers me most about the prime minister’s speech was his absolute certainty that the deal is going to happen. Take, for example, his claim that while some told him the deal is “too good to be true… It is true. And with God’s help, it will happen very soon.”