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Israeli National Security Minister Etamar bin Ghaffir criticized the potential deal, calling on Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to return the negotiation team from Doha and start a wide operation in Gaza, while the families of Israeli prisoners demanded an end to the war and the return of the prisoners.
Regarding the possibility of his withdrawal from the government because of the exchange deal, Bin Ghaffir said, “Netanyahu knows the red lines and I hope we will not reach it.”
Bin Ghaffir added that “the deal that we hear about is a fatal mistake,” calling on Netanyahu to return the negotiation team from Doha and start a wide operation in Gaza.
The Israeli security cabinet is preparing for a 24 -hour decisive period in negotiations with the Islamic Resistance Movement (Hamas), while reports of international pressure on both sides of the negotiation to reach an agreement, Hamas said that the partial transactions stage ended.
Israeli officials told the newspaper that the government gives negotiations a real opportunity, and the final decision is expected to be taken on Sunday evening.
Relationships and refusal
This comes as sources told the island that the Israeli delegation in Doha is not authorized by sufficient powers to decide on the outstanding issues regarding a deal.
The sources indicated that Netanyahu wants to release all prisoners in Gaza without stopping the war.
For its part, the Yedioth Ahronoth newspaper quoted Israeli officials as saying that they were open to minor changes to the framework set by the American envoy Steve Whitkov, and they reject any fundamental amendments.
Yediot Aharonot also quoted a senior Israeli official that negotiations are now not a theatrical show, and that the decision to agree or war must be taken.
The Israeli Army Radio quoted security sources as saying that the army continues to carry out the attacks in Gaza, and Israel gives Hamas a short period to reach a deal.
The security sources said that if a deal is not reached, the military operation will start officially and is now being prepared.
Demands and warnings
The families of the prisoners have called on Netanyahu and the Israeli negotiating delegation in Doha to end the war and return the hostages.
Families said, at a press conference, that Netanyahu is fighting the war for political considerations, leading the Israelis to eternal war, and to establish settlements in Gaza.
She explained that he serves an extremist minority, warning that the continuation of the war will kill the rest of the hostages. The families of the prisoners stressed that returning the kidnappers and ending the war is an Israeli interest.
Thousands of Israelis demonstrated in Tel Aviv in solidarity with the families of the prisoners detained in Gaza and to demand the cessation of the war.
The demonstrators demand the Israeli government to stop the war and conclude a deal that will restore the prisoners, and they confirm that the continuation of the war will kill the rest of the prisoners.
Prisoners and estimates
Israel appreciates the presence of 58 Israeli prisoners in Gaza, including 20 neighborhoods, and the occupation army has threatened during the past four days of the pair of its bombing, in conjunction with the negotiating delegation to Doha and Trump’s visit to the region.
In early March, the first phase of a ceasefire agreement and the exchange of prisoners between Hamas and Israel ended on January 19, with Egyptian -American mediation and American support. Netanyahu dismissed the start of the second phase of the agreement and resumed the genocide in the Strip on March 18.
With an American support, Israel has committed, since October 7, 2023, genocide crimes in Gaza, which left about 173,000 martyrs and wounded Palestinians, most of them children and women, and more than 11,000 missing.