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Saturday, February 17, 2024
Netanyahu to give press conference at 7.30 p.m.
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu will give a press conference this evening at 7.30 p.m.
The address, in which he will answer questions from journalists, comes amid an apparent deadlock in talks for a hostage deal and mounting international pressure on Israel to hold off launching an offensive in the southern Gaza town of Rafah.