Deal with Hamas inches closer amid warnings from Israeli rightwingers against any hostages-for-peace agreement

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Israel’s cabinet is reportedly preparing to meet to ratify a widely anticipated ceasefire deal with Hamas over Gaza, amid rightwing threats to bring Benjamin Netanyahu’s government down if it agrees to the hostages-for-peace agreement.

Mediators in Doha have been reported to be on the brink of a deal for the past two days, with varying accounts circulated on who and what is to blame for the 11th-hour delays. Netanyahu’s office denied accounts saying that Hamas had accepted the bargain on the table in in the Qatari capital.