In a typically rowdy session in the Knesset plenum, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu expresses cautious optimism about the chances for a hostage deal with Hamas, APA reports citing Times of Israel.
“I would like to tell you carefully,” he says during a so-called 40 signatures debate which the opposition can call once a month, “there is some progress and there are several reasons for this particular progress. First, [Hamas leader Yahya] Sinwar is no longer with us; and Hamas itself is also taking more and more blows. So there is progress. I don’t know how long it will take, but we are making efforts.”