๐️Lonny's War Update- October 729, 2023 - October 4, 2025 ๐️
๐️Day 729 that 48 of our hostages are still in Hamas captivity๐️
- Hostages' families headquarters to Netanyahu: 'Immediately order efficient and swift negotiations to return everyone'
The headquarters for the families of the hostages stated, following Hamas and U.S. President Donald Trump's declarations, that it "strengthens President Trump's determination to bring back all male and female hostages and end the war. The President's demand to stop the war now is essential. It will prevent severe and irreversible harm to the hostages." The headquarters called on Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu: "Immediately order efficient and swift negotiations to return all our hostages." - On Hamas' Response to U.S. President Trump's Proposal
Out of keenness to end the aggression and genocide being carried out against our steadfast people in the Gaza Strip, and stemming from national responsibility, and in defense of the constants, rights, and higher interests of our people, the Islamic Resistance Movement Hamas has conducted in-depth consultations within its leadership institutions, broad consultations with Palestinian forces and factions, and consultations with brothers, mediators, and friends, in order to reach a responsible position in dealing with U.S. President Donald Trump's plan.
After thorough study, the movement has made its decision and conveyed the following response to the mediators: Hamas appreciates the Arab, Islamic, and international efforts, as well as the efforts of U.S. President Donald Trump, calling for an end to the war on the Gaza Strip, the exchange of prisoners, the immediate entry of aid, the rejection of the occupation of the Strip, and the rejection of the displacement of our Palestinian people from it. Within this framework, and in a manner that achieves an end to the war and a full withdrawal from the Strip, the movement announces its approval of releasing all occupation prisoners-both living and remains-according to the exchange formula contained in President Trump's proposal, with the necessary field conditions for implementing the exchange. In this context the movement affirms its readiness to immediately enter, through the mediators, into negotiations to discuss the details. The movement also reaffirms its approval to hand over the administration of the Gaza Strip to a Palestinian body of independents (technocrats) based on Palestinian national consensus and supported by Arab and Islamic backing. As for other issues included in President Trump's proposal concerning the future of the Gaza Strip and the inalienable rights of the Palestinian people, this is tied to a collective national position and in accordance with relevant international laws and resolutions, to be discussed within a comprehensive Palestinian national framework, in which Hamas will be included and will contribute with full responsibility.
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Lapid says Trump ‘is right that there is an opportunity like never before to free the hostages, end the war’
In the first comments by an Israeli official following US President Donald Trump’s statement on the Hamas response to his Gaza peace plan, Opposition Leader Yair Lapid says the American leader “is right that there is an opportunity like never before to free the hostages and end the war.”
“Israel needs to announce its joining deliberations led by President Trump to finalize the last details of the deal. I informed the American administration that Netanyahu has political backing to continue with the move,” Lapid says in a statement.
Qatar calls for ‘complete discussions’ on Trump’s plan to end war, which it says Hamas accepted
Qatar welcomes what it says is Hamas’s agreement to US President Donald Trump’s proposal for ending the war along with its readiness to release all remaining hostages under the terms outlined in the plan.
Qatar’s foreign ministry spokesperson Majed al-Ansari also backs Trump’s subsequent announcement calling for “for an immediate ceasefire to facilitate the safe and swift release of hostages.”
Ansari says Qatar and fellow Arab mediator Egypt have begun talks in coordination with the US to “complete discussions on the plan to ensure an end to the war.”
Egypt’s foreign ministry also welcomes Hamas’s response to Trump’s proposal, which Cairo says reflects the terror group’s willingness to spare additional Palestinian civilians along with a desire to “end a dark period in the region’s history.”
The Egyptian statement thanks Trump for his efforts to end the war along with his rejection of Israeli annexation of the West Bank and the displacement of Palestinian people
Hamas says it agrees to parts of Trump’s Gaza plan but seeks more talks
Palestinian group says it is ready to release all Israeli captives held in Gaza after US president issues ultimatum.
Hamas says that it accepts several parts of US President Donald Trump’s plan for a ceasefire in Israel’s nearly two-year war on Gaza, but that some elements of the proposal require further negotiations.
The armed group handed over its response to Trump’s 20-point plan to halt the war on Friday, an informed source told Al Jazeera, hours after Trump gave the group until Sunday to respond to the proposal.
Trump’s 20-point plan included demands for an immediate ceasefire, an exchange of all remaining 48 Israeli captives – 20 are believed to be alive – for Palestinian prisoners, the introduction of a transitional government led by an international body, and the disarmament of Hamas.
The group’s response, which did not address the issue of disarmament, stated that it had agreed “to release all occupation captives – both living and the remains – according to the exchange formula outlined in President Trump’s proposal, with the provision of field conditions necessary for the exchange”.
It added that it was ready to “immediately enter negotiations through mediators to discuss the details” of the exchange.
The group also said it was ready to “hand over the administration of the Gaza Strip to a Palestinian body of independents (technocrats) based on Palestinian national consensus and with Arab and Islamic support”.
That element of the statement appeared to indicate that Hamas, which would have to relinquish power under Trump’s plan, wants Gaza to be administered by Palestinians rather than Trump’s proposed “Board of Peace”, an international transitional governance body that would be overseen by Trump himself and former British Prime Minister Tony Blair.
Signalling that further negotiations would be required, it said aspects of the proposal touching on “the future of the Gaza Strip and the legitimate rights of the Palestinian people” should be decided on the basis of a “unanimous national position and relevant international laws and resolutions”.
The statement comes after Trump wrote on his Truth Social platform that if an agreement was not reached by Sunday, then “all HELL, like no one has ever seen before, will break out against Hamas.”
Later on Friday, Trump responded positively to the group’s statement, writing on Truth Social that he believed Hamas was “ready for a lasting PEACE” and calling on Israel to “immediately stop the bombing of Gaza, so that we can get the Hostages out safely and quickly”.
“This is not about Gaza alone, this is about long sought PEACE in the Middle East,” said the President.
Window for negotiations?
Al Jazeera’s Ali Hashem said that the Hamas statement opened “a window for negotiations”. “Within the coming 48 hours, there is possibility for a lot of exchange,” he said.
Hashem said the group’s apparent reservations about the proposed “Board of Peace” were because it “isolates Gaza from the whole Palestinian cause”. “They [Hamas] do not want to see Gaza isolated from the bigger picture,” he said.
The Trump plan provides no path for eventual reunification with the Israeli-occupied West Bank in a future Palestinian state.
The armed group also said it appreciated “the Arab, Islamic, and international efforts, as well as those of US President Donald Trump” to resolve the conflict.
“Hamas showed a lot of positivity here by accepting the spirit of the paper and praising President Trump’s initiative. In this way, they are showing that they are ready to extend their hand,” Hashem said.
“However, they have reservations, they have some points that they want clarification over, and the ball now is in President Trump’s court.”
After the release of the statement, senior Hamas official Mousa Abu Marzouk said outright that Hamas rejected the “Board of Peace”.
“We will never accept anyone who is not Palestinian to control the Palestinians,” he said, adding that Blair would be particularly unwelcome because of his role in the 2003 US-led invasion of Iraq.
Mediators welcome statement
Reporting from Washington, DC, Al Jazeera’s Rosalind Jordan said Hamas appeared “to be willing to accept some, if not most of the proposals”.
She said that further talks were to be expected and that “everything needs to be hammered out so that both, or all parties, agree to all the points”.
Mediator Qatar’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs said it welcomed the group’s response to Trump’s plan. Spokesperson Majed al-Ansari said Qatar had begun working with fellow mediator Egypt and the United States to continue talks on the proposal.
Egypt said that it hoped for a “positive development” and that it would work with Arab states, the US and European countries to reach a permanent ceasefire in Gaza.
United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres was encouraged by the Hamas statement and urged parties to “seize the opportunity to bring the tragic conflict in Gaza to an end”, according to spokesperson Stephane Dujarric.
The group’s response to the 20-point plan came as Israel continued its offensive on Gaza, with reports it was using remote-controlled vehicles packed with explosives to demolish entire neighbourhoods in besieged Gaza City after issuing a “last chance” demand that hundreds of thousands of trapped Palestinians leave the urban centre.
More than 66,200 people, mostly women and children, have been killed in Israel’s assault on Gaza since October 2023, according to Palestinian health authorities. Link. Many of the 20 points in Trump’s proposal are purposely ambiguous and will need to be negotiated. The non ambiguous points that must be acted on immediately are the end of fighting abd the return of the hostages. The rest are open to lots of negotiations, pressures and compromise as the main problem with ambiguity in a plan like this is that it us open to interpretation and each side chooses how they interpret them.
PA’s Abbas welcomes Gaza deal progress, affirms authority’s commitment to ‘lasting peace’Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas says he welcomes US President Donald Trump’s announcement that Hamas had responded positively to his Gaza peace plan, and that talks would begin on advancing the proposal.
“We welcome these statements as they signal a willingness to release all hostages and adopt a constructive approach during this critical stage, which requires everyone to exercise the highest level of national responsibility,” a statement by the PA’s Presidency says, thanking efforts made by Trump and Arab and Muslim countries toward a deal to end the war.
“What matters to us now is an immediate commitment to a complete ceasefire, the release of all hostages and prisoners, the urgent delivery of humanitarian aid through UN organizations, ensuring the prevention of displacement or annexation, and the commencement of the reconstruction process,” the statement reads.
“Sovereignty over the Gaza Strip belongs to the State of Palestine, and the connection between the West Bank and the Gaza Strip must be achieved through Palestinian laws and governmental institutions, through a Palestinian administrative committee and unified Palestinian security forces, within the framework of a single system and law, and with Arab and international support,” the statement reads.
“The Presidency will continue to work with relevant mediators and partners to ensure the success of these efforts, leading to the achievement of a lasting peace that ends the Israeli occupation of Palestine, with East Jerusalem as its capital,” it says.
Ichilov hospital says it’s briefing teams, ready to treat returning hostages
Tel Aviv’s Ichilov Hospital says that it is ready to accept and treat any hostages should the be released.
“Ichilov is ready at any given moment to accept the returning [hostages] and provide them with medical treatment and the highest level humane environment as was done throughout the war,” the medical center says in a statement.
“At the moment, the teams that are responsible for treating the returned are being briefed,” the hospital says. “Ichilov stands with the families of the hostages and hopes for their immediate return.
Overnight Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s office declared that Israel was ready for the “immediate implementation of the first stage of Trump’s plan for the immediate release of all the hostages.”
Talks on implementing Trump’s Gaza deal said likely to start Sunday in Egypt’s Sharm el-Sheikh; Witkoff said en route; Dermer set to head Israeli team
Indirect talks between Israel and Hamas on implementing US President Donald Trump’s plan to end the war in Gaza and free all the hostages are set to start tomorrow in Egypt, Channel 12 reports, saying that they are likely to be held in the Red Sea resort city of Sharm el-Sheikh.
It says US envoy Steve Witkoff is on his way to Egypt, and that Israel’s negotiating team, which has been told to make preparations to depart, is to be headed by Strategic Affairs Minister Ron Dermer.
Israeli official: Hostages could be free ‘within a few days’; no such deal for all hostages without full IDF pullout was on table before
If talks set to be held in Egypt on finalizing the technicalities of Hamas’s release of hostages proceed smoothly, the hostages could be released “within a few days,” a senior Israeli official tells Channel 12 news.
The talks are to be held from tomorrow or Monday, with the presence of Hamas and Israeli delegations, US special Middle East envoy Steve Witkoff, and possibly President Donald Trump’s son-in-law Jared Kushner, the report says. The presence of the Americans underlines the US determination to ensure the deal proceeds as planned, the source says.
The unnamed senior Israeli official says that the current fast-moving developments have been “fully coordinated” between Trump and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, and that the two leaders spoke by telephone yesterday before Trump declared that he believes Hamas is “ready for peace” and told Israel to “immediately stop the bombing of Gaza, so that we can get the hostages out safely and quickly.” The IDF, indeed, shifted overnight to defensive operations in the strip.
US President Donald Trump and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (R) leave the State Dining Room of the White House after a press conference in Washington, DC on September 29, 2025 at which Trump set out a plan to end the war in Gaza. (Jim WATSON / AFP)The source, evidently close to the prime minister, hailed the progress toward the potential imminent release of all the hostages as a “great achievement” for Netanyahu and Israel, since it represents “the possibility of getting all the hostages back home without Israel having capitulated to the Hamas demand for a full withdrawal from the Strip, as Hamas had demanded” for the past two years.
“No such deal was on the table until now,” the senior source tells Channel 12. “Until now, Hamas demanded that Israel fully withdraw [from Gaza] and only then would the final hostages be freed.”
Under the terms of the Trump proposal now to be finalized in Egypt, the source says, Israel will carry out “a tactical withdrawal,” but the IDF will remain deployed in most of Gaza even as all the hostages go free.
The source claims Hamas has agreed to this arrangement, including the near-immediate release of all hostages, in part because of Trump’s relentless pressure, and thanks to pressure “from the Arab world,” which feared that Israel would indeed move to complete the takeover of all of Gaza, and was “catalyzed” by Israel’s controversial and unsuccessful attack on Hamas leaders in Qatar last month.
The Americans decided to “put their foot down,” Channel 12 says, with Trump determining that “we’re ending this now.”
Recognizing that Hamas was more susceptible to pressure than in the past, and with Turkey playing an important role, the source says, “a new proposal was put together to secure the release of all the hostages before anything else.”
If and when the hostages are freed, in exchange for large-scale releases of Palestinian terrorists and other prisoners, “there will then be discussions on Hamas laying down its arms, the demilitarization of the strip, and the ‘day after'” in Gaza.
The sequencing of the Trump proposal gives Israel a “huge advantage,” the source says, since Israel will get back the hostages on the one hand, while, on the other, the IDF will remain in most of Gaza as the negotiations on future steps are held.
US Special Envoy to the Middle East Steve Witkoff, right, and Jared Kushner arrive before President Donald Trump holds a news conference with Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, at which Trump unveiled a plan to end the war in Gaza, in the State Dining Room of the White House, Monday, Sept. 29, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)In terms of the Israel-US coordination, the source says the possibility that Hamas would respond to Trump’s proposal with a “yes, but,” as it did, was discussed between Netanyahu, Witkoff and Kushner in Washington, DC. When Trump and Netanyahu spoke yesterday, says the source, the president made plain that if Hamas does not release all of the hostages, Israel can resume fighting — as Trump said publicly when unveiling his proposal at the White House on September 29.
The source says the 72-hour deadline for Hamas to release all the hostages will begin as soon as the “technical talks” in Egypt are completed, although the 72-hours “might be extended a little in order for Hamas to locate all the slain hostages. Hamas officials have said the 72-hour window is “unrealistic” bercause it will take longer to locate all the slain hostages.
If the talks in Egypt play out as hoped, the bottom line is that “It will be possible to return the hostages within a few days,” Channel 12 quotes the source as saying.
A map of a proposed withdrawal of IDF troops as part of a deal to end the war in Gaza, published on September 29, 2025. (White House)Channel 12 also reports that Witkoff is heading to the region with detailed maps of the phased IDF withdrawal; on September 29, the White House issued a more illustrative map.
The US knows that far-right coalition party leader Bezalel Smotrich and Itamar Ben Gvir are likely to oppose the deal and potentially seek to bring down Netanyahu’s government, Channel 12 says. It says opposition leader Yair Lapid reconfirmed to the US overnight that he will ensure the government does not fall. link This is, literally the closest we have been in the 2 years of the war to bring home all the hostages. In each of the past hostage release deals, it has been Netanyahu who has breached the agreements, continued the fighting and stopped the hostage releases. The biggest worry is still Netanyahu. This deal could bring the end of his government and he has done everything he could until now to prevent that from happening, no matter what the costs. And the costs have been very high: the continuing of the hostages' captivity in hell along with their being tortured and killed, more soldiers killed and injured, many more Gazans killed and injured and proliferation of the huge humanitarian crisis, the worsening of the economic situation, the deepening and expansion of Israel's alienation through embargoes, divestments and more, all in the name of Netanyahu's political survival.
It appears that the chances for Netanyahu to be the one to kill this deal are very small. Trump, his BFF until now has laid down the law with Netanyahu. In telephone calls and his meetings in the White House, Trump made it very clear that if he rejects the deal or messes it up in any way, he is on his own. That can have many meanings and implications, the first of which could be cutting off weapons deliveries to Israel. Israel is so dependent on these weapons that it, in itself could bring about the end of the war and along with it, could tempt Iran into attacking us. (that likely would mean that Trump would cancel that decree, at least temporarily as he won't allow Israel to stand alone in another war with Iran), but the ramifications of Trump's punishing Netanyahu, and therefore Israel are so deep and broad to be absolutely devastating to Israel. It would also be disastrous for Netanyahu's political hopes and survival. No one in Israel would forgive him for the damage done in the relationship with Israel except for his extremist partners, Smotrich and Ben Gvir who think that we are an island and don't need anyone else.
The negotiations are going to be difficult and long and will demand flexibilities and compromises from both sides, which are not the norm for either, but the mediators, including the US will be pushing both sides and forcing a complete deal to arise. We are all so hopeful that we will see the hostages come home in the coming days/weeks.
Trump says he believes Hamas ‘ready for peace,’ demands Israel ‘immediately stop bombing of Gaza’
US President Donald Trump says that after reviewing Hamas’s response to his proposal for ending the Gaza war, he now believes that the terror group is “ready for lasting peace” and that therefore “Israel must immediately stop the bombing of Gaza so that we can get the hostages out safely and quickly.”
“Right now, it’s far too dangerous to do that,” Trump writes in a shocking Truth Social post.
This is the first time since returning to office that Trump has called on Israel to halt its military offensive in Gaza.
“We are already in discussions on details to be worked out,” he adds.
“This is not about Gaza alone, this is about long sought PEACE in the Middle East,” Trump says, reiterating his belief that an end to the war in Gaza will pave way for the expansion of the Abraham Accords.
Netanyahu reportedly surprised by Trump’s statement, considers Hamas response to US plan a refusal
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu was surprised by US President Donald Trump’s statement saying he believes Hamas is “ready for a lasting peace” and calling on Israel to immediately halt strikes in Gaza, an Israeli official tells Channel 12 news.
The report says Netanyahu held a deliberation on the Hamas response to Trump’s plan for ending the war and freeing the hostages before the US president issued his statement on Truth Social, with the premier saying he viewed the terror group’s reply as a rejection of the American proposal.
Netanyahu also stressed the need to coordinate with the US on a response so it would not seem Hamas responded affirmatively, according to the network, which adds that non-elected officials believe the statement from the terrorist organization could help pave the way to a deal. Link Of course Netanyahu is surprised by Trump’s statement. He was absolutely certain that Hamas would reject the proposal, especially with the changes that he convinced Trump to put in. As always, Netanyahu was trying to put in demands that he knows Hamas would rej cat and he would keep the war going as long as it suits him politically. He would view any response from Hamas as a rejection. Fortunately, it is not him who decides if it is an acceptance or rejection, it is Trump who very much wants the war to end.
The big question is “what does Hamas’ response actually mean?” Did they just say they will return all the hostages?.
It appears so but we don’t know exactly what that means. The trump proposal calls for ending the hostilities immediately and releasing the hostages within 72 hours upon agreement/signing. Hamas’ answer is ambiguous even though trump has called for Netanyahu to stop the war immediately. We don’t know if Hamas means the countdown starts now or after there are negotiations on some or all of the details. That is not in keeping with Trump’s proposal that intends for negotiations to be held after the first points of stopping the war and release of all hostages. We need to have patience for another couple of days to gain better understanding. In any case, Hamas has stated several times in the last 2!days that 72 hours to release all the hostages is not realistic (their words). The problem as has been known by everyone in the negotiations and anyone who has a decent understanding of the situation is that Hamas doesn’t know where all the hostages bodies are. That is another one of the issues that was brought to Netanyahu not to go into Gaza City. On the one hand, it is good that we kill as many Hamas terrorists as possible. On the other hand, there is a limited number of specific Hamas terrorists who actually know the whereabouts of some of the bodies. If we have killed those, we may never recover some of the bodies. Regarding the living histages, there are also issues here. The other day, the Hamas leadership announced that they have lost contact with 2 hostages. That could mean ine of several scenarios: 1- the buildings and/or tunnels they were being held were bombed and there is no access to determine who survived; 2- the hostages have been moved around within Gaza city to make them human shields and they or their captors may have been killed or maimed in the bombings; 3- their captors may have felt that soldiers were coming close and they executed the hostages; 4- the most hopeful- that due to the bombings, the hostages and their captors are in a location that is unknown to the leadership and they haven’t yet made contact with other Hamas terrorists. Most of the scenarios do not favor the well being of the hostages.
The coming days will be very telling, but a main thread that we will see from the Israeli side is Netanyahu’s attempt to convince trump that Has doesn’t really mean they are accepting his proposal. Netanyahu’s abilities to twist Trump around his little finger has been wearing very thin as of late and it is highly doubtful that he will succeed in diverting Trump to his will again.
Netanyahu said to regard Hamas’s response as ‘mainly negative,’ but sees no option other than to go along with Trump’s efforts
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu does not regard Hamas’s response to the Trump proposal as positive, Channel 12 reports, citing people in Netanyahu’s circle.
“They see it mainly as a negative response,” the report says. “But they are going along with Trump’s efforts because they see no other option.”
Channel 12 reports that people close to Netanyahu are briefing that the prime minister was surprised by Trump’s immensely positive response to what was a conditional and ambiguous Hamas acceptance of his September 29 proposal.
But the report also notes that Netanyahu has a political interest in being seen to be consenting to move ahead reluctantly, rather than enthusiastically, given his coalition’s two far-right parties’ firm opposition to ending the war.
The report notes that the fact that Trump has already pressed Israel into halting its offensive operations in Gaza means that Israel has an interest in quickly finalizing the vital first stage of the deal, which provides for the release of all hostages in the first 72 hours of the agreement — both because Israel wants those hostages freed and because it would want to resume offensive operations right away if Hamas reneges or plays for time.
Channel 12 says the assessment in Israel is that Hamas is likely to raise objections and seek assurances regarding further elements of the agreement, notably regarding post-war Gaza, during the soon-to-be-convened talks on the initial phase of hostage releases and IDF withdrawals, and that this is likely to “further complicate the process.”
Hamas-run ministry says death toll in Gaza war surpasses 67,000
The Hamas-controlled Gaza health ministry says the death toll from the war in the Strip has surpassed 67,000, after 66 people were killed in the past 24 hours.
The ministry’s tally of 67,074 since October 7, 2023, does not differentiate between civilians and combatants.
The IDF has not yet commented on its strikes in Gaza in the past day.
The Hamas health ministry also says that two more people died of malnutrition and starvation in the enclave, raising deaths from such causes to 459 people, including 154 children, since the war started.
Israel has disputed claims of widespread famine in Gaza, but has previously admitted “there are issues of access to food” in some areas.
‘A dangerous combat zone’: IDF warns Palestinians against trying to return to Gaza City after military halts offensive operations
The IDF warns Palestinians against returning to Gaza City or approaching troops in all parts of Gaza, as the military has paused offensive operations in the Strip.
“IDF troops are still encircling Gaza City, and returning there is very dangerous,” says the military’s Arabic-language spokesman Col. Avichay Adraee, adding that the area north of the Wadi Gaza stream is a “dangerous combat zone.”
“For your safety, avoid returning north or approaching areas where IDF troops are operating anywhere in the Strip — even in its south,” he adds.
The IDF paused offensive maneuvers in Gaza City amid a push by US President Donald Trump to bring about an end to the war, but it is still conducting defensive operations in the Strip, including airstrikes against threats to forces.
After Hamas response, Netanyahu said to have held emergency consultation without Ben Gvir, Smotrich
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu convened an emergency consultation meeting overnight after Hamas submitted its response to US President Donald Trump’s Gaza peace plan, but did not include far-right ministers Bezalel Smotrich and Itamar Ben Gvir, Hebrew media reports.
The unsourced reports published by multiple outlets say that the meeting was attended by security chiefs, Defense Minister Israel Katz, and Strategic Affairs Minister Ron Dermer.
The reports say Smotrich and Ben Gvir, who oppose ending the war, were not invited. link Most likely, Netanyahu is providing his coalition members, except the extremists with a closer look into the deal and explain his difficult position vis a vis Trump and how he won't be able to kill this deal. In doing so, he is also laying down the law with them, in particular the Likud partners, of what they can and can't say and giving them very clear instructions on how they will have to vote when it does come to a cabinet vote.
He, obviously didn't invite Smotrich or Ben Gvir because they don't care if Trump will leave Israel on our own as long as they can fulfil their messianic fantasies and that means continuing the war. Netanyahu is also doing all he can to prolong the life of his government. By including them at this stage, he runs the risk of the collapse of the government sooner than he wants. Hopefully this government will collapse and early elections will be called, but first, we need to end this horrible war and get the hostages home.
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