Netanyahu stalled hostage swap deal with Hamas to satisfy Ben-Gvir, Smotrich: Report Related news

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JERUSALEM   Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu lost an opportunity to reach a hostage swap deal with Hamas in July in order to appease his far-right coalition partners National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir and Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich, the Israeli Public Broadcasting Corporation (KAN) reported Sunday. According to the report, Hamas was willing to release several Israeli hostages without demanding a full cease-fire in return. The report suggested that Hamas’s willingness at