The government is set to convene at 3:30 p.m. on Friday to approve the hostage deal.
On Friday morning, the Security Cabinet meeting to approve the hostage deal began in Jerusalem.
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu was cited by Israeli media as saying during the meeting that Israel had received guarantees from the US that were negotiations regarding the second phase of the deal to fail, Israel would be able to return to fight in the Gaza Strip.
Prior to the meeting, Netanyahu conducted a situational assessment with the Israeli negotiating team, which had returned from Doha, where the deal was signed in the early hours of Friday.
