Israel’s cabinet has voted to approve a hostage deal with Hamas following more than six weeks of intense fighting in Gaza.
Here’s the full statement from the office of Israel’s prime minister:
“The government of Israel is obligated to return home all of the hostages.
“Tonight, the government has approved the outline of the first stage of achieving this goal, according to which at least 50 hostages – women and children – will be released over four days, during which a pause in the fighting will be held.
“The release of every additional 10 hostages will result in one additional day in the pause.”The government of Israel, the IDF [Israeli military] and the security services will continue the war in order to return home all of the hostages, complete the elimination of Hamas and ensure that there will be no new threat to the State of Israel from Gaza.”
