Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is facing unprecedented internal pressure to reach a comprehensive exchange deal with the Islamic Resistance Movement (Hamas) in the Gaza Strip. Netanyahu appeared to be outside the Israeli consensus calling for the release of detainees when he refused to hold discussions in the war council regarding the Doha negotiations for the exchange deal.
Netanyahu opened the weekly government session by attacking US President Joe Biden, saying, “Have you already forgotten the events of October 7? Instead of putting pressure on Israel, he transferred the pressure to Hamas.”