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Far-right Israeli National Security Minister Itamar Ben Gvir said Thursday evening that he would withdraw his Jewish Power party from Benjamin Netanyahu's government if it implemented the Gaza ceasefire agreement.
Mediators said on Wednesday that Israel and Hamas had done so Agreed to a multi-stage deal To stop the war that has been going on for 15 months and free the 98 hostages who are still being held in Gaza.
But Ben Gvir and his ultra-nationalist ally, Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich, repeatedly threatened to withdraw from Netanyahu's government if it accepted an agreement that would end the war.
Ben Gvir repeated this threat on Thursday, but said his party may return to government if the war resumes later.
Netanyahu The Cabinet will meet on Friday To discuss approval of the ceasefire agreement in Gaza, according to an Israeli official, after the Prime Minister postponed the meeting earlier, accusing Hamas of reneging on the agreement.
The departure of the Jewish Power Party would give Netanyahu's coalition a two-seat majority in the Israeli parliament.
It will also increase pressure on Smotrich's Religious Zionism party to withdraw from Netanyahu's government, a move that is likely to cost the veteran prime minister his majority.
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