Netanyahu's office:

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu held a meeting this evening to assess the situation regarding prisoners and missing persons, in the presence of the Minister of Defense, the leaders of the security establishment, and negotiators from the current and incoming US administration.

At the end of the meeting, the Prime Minister instructed the head of the Mossad, the head of the Shin Bet, Major General Nitzan Alon, and political adviser Ofir Vielk to travel to Doha in order to continue advancing a deal to release the prisoners.

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Families of the occupation prisoners in Gaza:

We are facing a fateful week, and we call on the settlers to demonstrate to demand the return of the prisoners from Gaza...

We do not want to send our soldiers to Gaza to return more bodies of prisoners.

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Hebrew sources:

A 40-year-old settler drowned in a pool in a private home in Ma'ale Yosef

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Firefighting plane misses power lines and crashes on LA freeway

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"And the light of publishing the biographies of those resisters is a revolution no less than the revolutions of those who carry guns and resist with them.

The honest word in these difficult times may be stronger than bullets and more effective than explosive devices"

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Elior Levy, Reshet Kan correspondent:

There is one incentive that pushes Hamas and Israel to reach a deal by January 20, the day Trump enters the Oval Office. On the one hand, Hamas is afraid of "Trump's hell"... and on the other hand, Netanyahu is afraid that Trump will turn against him.

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Axios from an Israeli official:

- We have reached an advanced stage in all the terms of the hostage deal

- The talks tomorrow in Doha are important and will show whether Hamas wants to reach an agreement

- Sending the heads of the negotiating team came to make quick and effective decisions after the progress that has been achieved

- We hope that Hamas will also be effective in the negotiations

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The Israeli military’s genocidal war on Gaza is in its 463rd day, leaving a devastating toll on Palestinian families. Over 10,015 massacres have been documented, with entire families deliberately targeted.

Reports reveal that 7,182 massacres were committed against families, wiping 1,600 of them completely off the civil registry. In these cases, parents and children alike were killed, resulting in 5,612 martyrs.

Source: Al-Mayadeen

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Hillel Biton Rosen - Channel 14:

- The method of prolonged raids in the northern Gaza Strip failed miserably: Along with the failure of October 7, for which Halevi and Yron Finkelman are responsible, they are also responsible for this failure.

- For four months, with the great destruction in the area, Hamas battalions rebuilt themselves, the fire expanded to the south, and the number of our victims increased significantly with each passing week.

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