Likud ministers at today’s cabinet meeting insisted that any further decisions about a potential hostage deal would have to come in front of the full cabinet, and not just the small war cabinet, an Israeli official tells The Times of Israel. The demand includes any further meetings abroad by Mossad chief David Barnea with international intermediaries.
Justice Minister Yariv Levin, Education Minister Yoav Kisch, Transportation Minister Miri Regev, Foreign Minister Israel Katz, and Diaspora Minister Amichai Chikli all supported that demand.
They also expressed concern over the possibility of a return to combat operations after a lengthy truce, and the identity of the terrorists who could be released from Israeli prisons in a deal.
Channel 12 reports that Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu told ministers the ratio of three freed Palestinian prisoners for every hostage freed — as in the November hostage deal — should be the reference point for any further agreements.
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