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Nov. 21: PM: Deal is difficult but right; war won’t end until all hostages freed, Hamas beaten
Ministers okay deal to free some 50 Israeli children, mothers, other women over 4-day ceasefire * More releases possible later * No Palestinian murderers to be exchanged
- The children and babies kidnapped on October 7 and held hostage by terrorists in the Gaza Strip. (Israel's official Twitter account)
- This photo distributed by the Israel Defense Forces on November 21, 2023, shows Israeli troops in the Gaza Strip, amid the ongoing war against Hamas (Israel Defense Forces)
- Defense Minister Yoav Gallant (right) holds an assessment with military officials at the IDF Gaza Division base in southern Israel, November 21, 2023. (Ariel Hermoni/Defense Ministry)
- This photo distributed by the Israel Defense Forces on November 21, 2023, shows Israeli troops in the Gaza Strip, amid the ongoing war against Hamas (Israel Defense Forces)
- This photo distributed by the Israel Defense Forces on November 21, 2023, shows Israeli troops in the Gaza Strip, amid the ongoing war against Hamas (Israel Defense Forces)
- Families of Israelis kidnapped in the Hamas-led Oct. 7 onslaught in southern Israel wait to enter a meeting with members of the war cabinet, at the Kirya military base in Tel Aviv, November 20, 2023. (Avshalom Sassoni/Flash90)
- This composite image shows Staff Sgt. Ilya Senkin (L) and Cpt. Arnon Moshe Avraham Benvenisti Vaspi, who were killed fighting against Hamas terrorists in the Gaza Strip on November 20, 2023. (Israel Defense Forces)
- This picture taken from southern Israel near the border with the Gaza Strip shows a shell detonating in the coastal territory on November 20, 2023, amid the ongoing war between Israel and the Palestinian terror group Hamas. (John MacDougall/AFP)
- Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu leads a meeting of the war cabinet in Tel Aviv on November 16, 2023. (Haim Zach/GPO)