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Friday, January 17, 2025
Full government to convene at 3:30 p.m. to approve hostage-ceasefire deal with Hamas — PM spokesperson
The full Israeli government will convene today at 3:30 p.m. to approve the hostage-ceasefire deal with Hamas, a spokesperson for Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu says.
The meeting was not expected to take place until tomorrow evening after Shabbat ends.
Netanyahu convened the security cabinet earlier today for a hearing on the deal, signed late last night in Doha.
Implementation of the agreement is set to begin on Sunday at 12:15 p.m.