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Security cabinet meeting on hostage deal ends, full cabinet convenes to vote
Add ToI as a Preferred Source on GoogleNava Freiberg is The Times of Israel's deputy diplomatic correspondent.
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu convenes his cabinet on June 18, 2025.(Haim Zach/GPO)
The security cabinet meeting to approve the ceasefire and hostage-release phase of the US plan to end the Gaza war has concluded, the office of one of the attendees tells The Times of Israel.
The full cabinet will now convene to vote on the deal, which is expected to be approved by a solid majority.
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