Benjamin Netanyahu’s office says in statement that security cabinet will meet on Friday following earlier delays in talks to release hostages in return for ceasefire

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Hours earlier, the government’s far-right national security minister Itamar Ben-Gvir threatened to resign from the government if the deal was approved. In a televised statement he said:

“The deal that is taking shape is a reckless deal,” adding that it would “erase the achievements of the war” by releasing hundreds of Palestinian militants and withdrawing from strategic areas in Gaza.

The Prime Minister has also directed the Coordinator for the Hostages and the Missing to coordinate the preparations to receive the hostages upon their return to Israel.

The State of Israel is committed to achieving all of the objectives of the war including the return of all of our hostages, the living and the deceased.