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Wednesday, March 27, 2024
War cabinet to meet tonight, hostage talks said on agenda
Lazar Berman is The Times of Israel's diplomatic reporter
The war cabinet will meet at 7:30 p.m. tonight, an official from the Prime Minister’s Office tells The Times of Israel.
The Ynet news site reports that the meeting will focus on efforts to reach a hostage deal, after talks have appeared to break down with Hamas rejecting a US compromise agreed to by Israel.