Netanyahu rejected ceasefire-for-hostages deal in Gaza, sources say
by Ruth Michaelson in Istanbul, Julian Borger in Lond from World news | The Guardian on (#6G8DE)
Israeli PM said to have turned down proposal in early talks and to have continued to take tough line
Benjamin Netanyahu rejected a deal for a five-day ceasefire with Palestinian militant groups in Gaza in return for the release of some of the hostages held in the territory early in the war, according to sources familiar with the negotiations.
The sources said the Israeli prime minister rejected the deal outright in negotiations soon after Hamas militants staged an unprecedented incursion into Israeli territory on 7 October, killing an estimated 1,400 people.
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