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Netanyahu to hold security meet with key ministers amid reports of progress in hostage talks
Add ToI as a Preferred Source on GoogleLazar Berman is The Times of Israel's diplomatic reporter
Protesters hold candles and cutout portraits of hostages held captive in Gaza during a demonstration in Tel Aviv on January 4, 2025 (Photo by Jack GUEZ / AFP)
As talks on a hostage deal get back on track in Doha, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu calls a small group of ministers to his office in Jerusalem for a security meeting at 5 p.m., an aide to one of the ministers tells The Times of Israel.
The aide would not say whether the topic of the conversation was the hostage issue.
Bezalel Smotrich and Itamar Ben Gvir, right-wing ministers who have said they would oppose the proposals being floated, will participate, according to Army Radio.
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