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Smotrich’s associates happy with PM’s reported dismissal of partial hostage deals
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Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich, right, attends a Knesset conference discussing Jewish settlement in the Gaza Strip at the Knesset in Jerusalem, July 22, 2025. (Chaim Goldberg/Flash90)
Associates of Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich are pleased after Channel 12 reports that Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu will no longer discuss partial deals to release hostages, several Hebrew media outlets report.
However, officials in Smotrich’s inner circle say the finance minister will demand Netanyahu stand by the reported decision and aim for a quick, total victory over Hamas.
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