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"We will not agree to any further delay in passing the budget. The budget will not be held hostage by the legislation of the [haredi] conscription law,” Smotrich said.
Netanyahu will meet with Defense Ministry officials on Saturday night to review the prisoner release and hostage deal.
Kibbutz Nir Oz calls for "release not revenge"; Finance Minister Smotrich calls for Hamas’s annihilation; Aryeh Deri calls to strike Hamas with "an iron fist."
The headquarters will be a joint effort of the Finance Ministry, the Presidium of the Israeli Business Sector, Business Roundtable Israel, and philanthropy organizations.
National Security Cabinet will meet to set a mandate for the negotiating team over phase two of the deal.
Speaking with 103FM, Elhanan Danino, the father of Ori Danino, strongly criticized the government.
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He added that everyone must be returned, especially given that it is impossible to guarantee that those alive today will still be alive tomorrow.
“There is currently a debate about whether the war can be stopped. The war cannot be stopped just before the complete destruction of Hamas," Smotrich said.
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