ﷺAccording to Al Jazeera, the Israeli cabinet was scheduled to meet on Thursday morning, paving the way for the ceasefire and hostage release procedures to begin from Sunday.
🌊Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Thursday hours after Hamas and Qatari officials along with the United States government confirmed ceasefire deal with Hamas, has said that his cabinet will not meet to approve the truce agreement due to 'last minute crisis' by Hamas.
🌼The current war was triggered by Palestinian militant group Hamas on October 7, 2023 by hold Israeli hostages and attacking few areas of the neighbouring land and in response, Israel over the next 15 months continued the war against Gaza with regular airstrikes killing at least 46,788 Palestinians and injuring 110,453 others including babies.
✃According to Al Jazeera, the Israeli cabinet was scheduled to meet on Thursday morning, paving the way for the ceasefire and hostage release procedures to begin from Sunday.
🏅Netanyahu began signalling there were issues with the deal just hours after US President Joe Biden and key mediator Qatar announced it was complete.
﷽Eve though Gazans began celebrating in the streets of Palestine after the announcement, Israeli strikes continued on them and reportedly at least 81 Palestinians were killed today. The families of the hostages also welcomed the agreement but Netanyahu said it was not yet finalised.
♒A statement by Benjamin Netanyahu read, “Hamas reneges on parts of the agreement reached with the mediators and Israel in an effort to extort last minute concessions."
ꦇ"The Israeli cabinet will not convene until the mediators notify Israel that Hamas has accepted all elements of the agreement," it added.
ಞFollowing the Israeli announcement, senior Hamas official, Izzat al-Rishq, said the militant group “is committed to the ceasefire agreement, which was announced by the mediators," reported Associated Press.
ᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚ𒀱ᩚᩚᩚThe deal announced Wednesday would see a scores of hostages held in Gaza released and a pause in fighting with a view to eventually wind down a 15-month war that has destabilised the Middle East and sparked worldwide protests.
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🦂Israel's broadcaster Kan has reported that one of the reason behind Israel's delay in the approval of the deal could be that far-right Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich is yet to confirm his party's stand in the government and regarding the deal.
ﷺResponding to the Israel's accusation of Hamas' 'last minute crisis', Al Jazeera’s journalist Hamdah Salhut, said there weren’t “any sort of leaks about Hamas going back” on what they agreed upon in the ceasefire deal.
🐻“What we are seeing rather is the internal conflict within Netanyahu’s government, specifically among the Religious Zionist Party,” she reportedly said.
🃏"This is Smotrich’s party. He has been threatening to bolt the coalition if this deal came to a vote, saying this was a bad deal for Israel and that his party would need guarantees that Israel will go back to all-out fighting… after the initial phase [of the agreement]," she added.
🐻Netanyahu's office earlier accused Hamas of backtracking on an understanding that he said would give Israel a veto over which prisoners convicted of murder would be released in exchange for hostages.
𒐪According to AP report, the Israeli prime minister has faced great domestic pressure to bring home the scores of hostages, but his far-right coalition partners have threatened to bring down his government if he makes too many concessions.
🅠He has enough opposition support to approve an agreement even without those partners, but doing so would weaken his coalition.
♌One of his far-right allies, National Security Minister Itamar Ben Gvir, has already come out against the deal. Another, Bezalel Smotrich, posted on X late Wednesday that he was demanding “absolute certainty” that Israel can resume the war later, calling the current deal “bad and dangerous” for Israel.
ꦗA group representing some families of Israeli soldiers killed fighting in Gaza held a demonstration on Thursday against a ceasefire deal between Israel and Hamas.
♏The Gvura Forum reportedly opposed the deal, saying it won't lead to Hamas' destruction and that it will free Palestinians convicted of deadly crimes against Israelis.
🔯The agreement could also leave some Israeli hostages behind in Gaza if it collapses, the group said.
ꦿThe group also set up rows of mock coffins draped in the Israeli flag in Jerusalem to symbolise the 'price' Israel will pay if it agrees to the deal.
ꦯ"It's a very dangerous deal," Yehoshua Shani was quoted by AP, whose son Ori Mordehai Shani was killed in battle in southern Israel on October 7, 2023.
He believed the incoming Donald Trump ꦜadministration in the US could exert more pressure on Hamas and secure better terms.
💜Palestinians in Gaza reported heavy Israeli bombardment overnight as people were celebrating the ceasefire deal and at least 81 people killed and 200 were injured in the past 24 hours, according to the Gaza Health Ministry.
🌞According to Al Jazeera, Civil Defence said that in one of the attacks, two people were killed and six injured after Israeli forces targeted a school which was sheltering displaced people in the al-Zeitoun neighbourhood located in the south of Gaza City.
ꦜIsrael’s war on Gaza has killed at least 46,788 Palestinians and wounded 110,453 since October 7, 2023.