At least four senior ministers are opposed to resuming the Egyptian-brokered ceasefire with Gaza terror groups following a major flareup in violence, according to a Channel 10 news report.
Defense Minister Avigdor Liberman, Justice Minister Ayelet Shaked, Environmental Protection Minister Ze’ev Elkin, and Education Minister Naftali Bennett proposed an alternative response to the exchange of fire over the last 24 hours, but it was rejected by the other ministers at today’s meeting of the security cabinet.
An unnamed minster, who attended the meeting which ended in late afternoon, tells the news outlet that no vote was held to determine the next steps at the end of the 7-hour meeting.
The report comes shortly after Hamas and other Gaza terror groups said they accepted an Egyptian-mediated ceasefire with Israel and an Israeli diplomatic official indicated that Israel also accepts it.
Terms of the deal were not immediately known, and there was no immediate comment from Israel.
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