A 2023 video showing people in Israel's parliament crying after a screening of footage from Hamas' Oct. 7, 2023, attack on Israel was shared with false captions saying it showed members of the parliament crying over Israel's January 2025 ceasefire deal with Hamas.
The eyes weep from happiness with the return of Daniella, Naama, Karina, and Liri,” says Otzma Yehudit party chair Itamar Ben Gvir in response to the release of the four surveillance soldiers from their 15 months of captivity in Gaza.
The first-stage ceasefire and hostage deal approved by Israel's cabinet on Saturday is a "complete victory for terrorism," Itamar Ben-Gvir said.
Just as the ceasefire deal with Hamas in Gaza was about to take effect, Israel’s National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir, pulled the plug on his government position Sunday morning, but there is a strong,
Netanyahu’s coalition partner Itamar Ben Gvir has already bolted the government over the deal, and Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich has threatened to follow suit — which would topple the government — if Israel doesn’t resume fighting after the deal’s 42-day first phase.
Gvir, claimed to have scuppered similar agreements over the past year. But, the prime minister has blamed Hamas for the failures.
"In the past year, through our political power, we succeeded in preventing this deal from moving forward, time and time again," he noted.
Far-right Israeli National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir resigned in protest over Gaza ceasefire deal. Ben-Gvir, a controversial figure, had been a key ally of Netanyahu's far-right coalition.
Itamar Ben-Gvir says he will return to Cabinet if the war against Hamas resumes ‘with full force’ to achieve its ‘decisive goals’
It comes as Israeli strikes have killed dozens in Gaza ahead of the truce which is expected to take effect on Sunday.
The resignation of Itamar Ben-Gvir does not threaten the ceasefire ... Ben-Gvir, using a heart emoji in a post on the social media platform X, wrote that Hamas loves Biden. Ben-Gvir's departure does not endanger the ceasefire, and Netanyahu still has ...
Israeli so-called “National Security” Minister Itamar Ben Gvir officially resigned from Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s government on Sunday, along with his three party ministers, following his earlier threats to withdraw if the controversial prisoner exchange deal and ceasefire agreement with Hamas were approved.