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A tent camp for displaced Palestinians is set up amid destroyed buildings in the Khan Younis refugee camp, southern Gaza Strip, on January 4, 2025
ISRAEL’S cabinet met to vote on the Gaza ceasefire deal today after the security cabinet recommended approving the agreement earlier.
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said that the first set of the remaining hostages are “expected to be as released as early as Sunday” as part of phase one if the deal is approved.
Under phase one, the remaining hostages would be released in return for more Palestinian prisoners, who are often held in Israeli prisons without a trial.
While international actors discuss governance and reconstruction, Netanyahu has made it clear that Israel has no intention of ending its military occupation, says RAMZY BAROUD
Israeli media awash with leaks and rumours of Netanyahu’s plans to seize Gaza. Meanwhile, the unrelenting siege of Gaza continues unabated