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Tuesday, July 8, 2025
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Tuesday, July 8, 2025
Minister says ‘substantial chance’ of hostage-ceasefire deal, progress in talks
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Families of Israelis held hostage in Gaza and supporters call for their release outside the US Embassy Branch Office in Tel Aviv, July 7, 2025. (Erik Marmor/Flash90)
Israeli minister Zeev Elkin, who sits in Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s security cabinet, says that there is “a substantial chance,” a ceasefire will be agreed.
“Hamas wants to change a few central matters, it’s not simple, but there is progress,” he tells Israel’s public broadcaster Kan.
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