It's meta like everything else. Sure, there are relatively simple rules that ought to lead to obvious, inexorable outcomes. But people are in charge and they're thinking: But what would it mean?
Give the Peace Prize to Putin! Maybe it will slow him down.
Give the Peace Prize to Kissinger! Maybe our empathetic embrace will soften his demeanor.
Give the Peace Prize to a conservative nut job. Let's throw in some support for fostering democratic values.
"we can't release the doctors because they might be Hamas"
They're literally dealing with Hamas. That's like saying "we can't release these soldiers because they might be Israeli"
If they're just a terrorist organization that doesn't even deserve pow swaps then what is this ceasefire