Diplomatic source:
Cabinet will not meet until deal is finalized
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is insistent on finalizing all the details of the hostage deal before bringing it to the vote of the Security Cabinet and the Cabinet.
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is insistent on finalizing all the details of the hostage deal before bringing it to the vote of the Security Cabinet and the Cabinet.
National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir says he will deliver a 'significant statement' regarding the hostage deal. Those close to him say he will resign from the government.
Officials from US, Qatar, and Israel say the involvement of President-elect Donald Trump and the cooperation of both US administrations is what allowed the hostage deal to be reached.
Outgoing US Secretary of State in farewell remarks says delay in Israeli Cabinet's vote to approve ceasefire deal is not expected to delay or stop the deal's implementation on Sunday.
Houthi leader Abdul Malik al-Houthi declares, 'The Israeli enemy failed to achieve its declared and clear goals, and failed miserably to recover its prisoners without an exchange deal.'
The Zehut Party Chairman and former MK called on parties to join together to establish an alternative leadership.
Daily Wire co-founder tells Arutz Sheva he does not believe Trump would pressure Israel into allowing Hamas to remain in power and speaks about the special musical he created with his father, 'We Will Rise.'
Guatemalan authorities have learned that the leaders of the Lev Tahor cult have ordered members not to allow their children to eat and even to murder them if the 'Zionists' come to rescue them.
Based on Rabbi Yitzchak Berkovits's Smicha Program
In their twelfth conversation since Harris took office, the Vice President thanked Herzog for his partnership and expressed that she expects the hostage deal to be implemented fully and on schedule.
A diplomatic source confirmed that the Security Cabinet will convene most probably on Friday, followed by the Cabinet to approve the deal.
Hundreds of right-wing activists blocked the main entrance to Jerusalem and the Begin Highway in the capital to protest the hostage deal.
IAF conducted strikes on approximately 50 terror targets across the Gaza Strip and eliminated Muhammad Hasham Zahedi Abu Al-Rus, a Nukhba terrorist who infiltrated Israel on October 7th, 2023.