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Israel security cabinet meets to decide whether to approve cease-fire deal with Hamas
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The meeting, which was being held at Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's office, comes after negotiators inked the deal in Qatar late Thursday -- just hours after several setbacks threatened to upend the agreement.
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An initial 42-day cease-fire deal between Israel and Hamas, being negotiated in Doha, could be finalized in the next 24 hours with the release of 33 hostages currently being held in Gaza, according to senior officials.
The negotiations, mediated by Qatar, Egypt and the United States, appear to be making progress after months of failed attempts to achieve a breakthrough.
Sources told Fox News Digital that a weekend meeting between Netanyahu and President-elect Trump's incoming Middle East envoy, Steve Witkoff, led to the breakthrough.
Israel’s 15-month bombardment of Gaza has destroyed much of Hamas’s military wing. It has also degraded the Iran-backed proxy network that helps sustain the militant group.
Negotiators have yet to confirm a start date and other technical issues could still derail a deal. But if implemented, the first phase would see dozens of hostages freed in exchange for hundreds of Palestinians held in Israel.
A cease-fire announced Wednesday will end the 15-month war between Hamas and Israel and includes the eventual release of all hostages held by Hams and hundreds of Palestinian prisoners in Israeli jails.
The “last-minute crisis” that held up the Israel-Hamas cease-fire and hostage deal on Thursday has been resolved, with the proposal expected to go into effect on Sunday, officials said.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's office postponed a cabinet meeting to approve a cease-fire and hostage release deal with Hamas indefinitely, accusing the group of going back on parts of the agreement.
The agreement, which would include the release of hostages, was met with cautious optimism. But Israel’s cabinet needs to ratify the deal, and the prime minister’s office said Hamas was reneging on parts of it, an accusation that the group rejected.
The Israeli Cabinet has postponed its approval of the ceasefire deal, accusing Hamas of backtracking. Hamas has denied the accusation. Israel's extreme-right security minister has threatened to quit. Follow DW for more.
Old disputes over security concerns involving the Philadelphi corridor have apparently stalled a deal that Israel was set to vote on after the U.S. and Qatar said hostage exchanges would begin Sunday.
Leaders in the U.S. and around the world express relief and optimism about the recent Israel-Hamas cease-fire deal on Wednesday, which possibly marks an end to the war.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's shock eleventh-hour announcement Thursday to hit the brakes on a long-awaited and widely-celebrated Israel-Hamas cease-fire deal was fueled by political infighting and Hamas manipulation, sources said.
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