JERUSALEM: Israel’s far-right National Security Minister Itamar Ben Gvir said Thursday he would vote against a US-sponsored Gaza ceasefire and hostage release deal with Hamas as it proposes releasing hundreds of Palestinian prisoners. “The heart of all of us fills with joy... at the fact that all the hostages are expected to return... However, alongside this joy, it is absolutely forbidden to ignore the question of the price: the release of thousands of terrorists, including 250 murderers who are expected to be freed from prisons. This is an unbearable heavy price,” Ben Gvir wrote on X.

JERUSALEM: Israel’s far-right National Security Minister Itamar Ben Gvir said Thursday he would vote against a US-sponsored Gaza ceasefire and hostage release deal with Hamas as…

JERUSALEM: Israel’s far-right Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich said he opposed the Gaza ceasefire deal reached between Israel and Hamas on Thursday, insisting that he would vote…

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's office says cabinet 'approved the framework' for the release of all of captives.

It is unclear if disagreement over the list of Palestinian prisoners will affect the release of hostages within the agreed 72 hours.