From 2h ago
03.22 GMT
'Deal to
release the hostages' agreed in Doha, Netanyahu's office says
The office
of Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu has said that a “deal for the
release of the hostages” has been reached in Doha and that he has ordered the
security cabinet to convene later on Friday, a day after originally intended.
“Prime
Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has been updated by the negotiating team that
agreements have been reached on a deal for the release of the hostages,” his
office said in a post on X in the early hours of Friday. It continued:
The Prime
Minister has directed that the Security Cabinet be convened later today
[Friday)]. The Government will be convened later in order to approve the deal.
His office
had accused Hamas on Thursday of reneging on key parts of the agreement to
extort last-minute concessions. No evidence was provided for the allegation and
Hamas denied it. Netanyahu has been accused of deliberately sabotaging previous
deals for his own political benefit.
It was not
immediately clear whether the full cabinet would meet on Friday or Saturday or
whether there would be any delay to the start of the ceasefire on Sunday. The
deal did not mention a ceasefire although the hostages will not be released by
Hamas without one.
The Times of
Israel reported that the full cabinet meeting would not take place until
Saturday night, citing a Netanyahu spokesperson. According to the paper that’s
because
Opponents of
the deal must be given 24 hours to petition the High Court of Justice and a
Friday afternoon meeting would not provide them enough time to do so because
many of them are religious and observe the Sabbath.
That could
mean that the ceasefire does not come into effect until Monday, a day later
than originally planned, the paper wrote further:
Holding the
full cabinet meeting on Saturday means the 24-hour grace period for petition
filing won’t conclude until late Sunday, meaning the deal won’t come into place
until Monday — a day after originally slated.
It was not
immediately possible to confirm the report. We’ll bring you more details as
soon as we have them.
Updated at
03.47 GMT
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