Israel’s far-right national security minister resigned from Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s Cabinet to express his disapproval of the Gaza ceasefire deal.

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The eyes weep from happiness with the return of Daniella, Naama, Karina, and Liri,” says Otzma Yehudit party chair Itamar Ben Gvir in response to the release of the four surveillance soldiers from their 15 months of captivity in Gaza.

Netanyahu’s coalition partner Itamar Ben Gvir has already bolted the government over the deal, and Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich has threatened to follow suit — which would topple the government — if Israel doesn’t resume fighting after the deal’s 42-day first phase.

The first-stage ceasefire and hostage deal approved by Israel's cabinet on Saturday is a "complete victory for terrorism," Itamar Ben-Gvir said.

"In the past year, through our political power, we succeeded in preventing this deal from moving forward, time and time again," he noted.

It comes as Israeli strikes have killed dozens in Gaza ahead of the truce which is expected to take effect on Sunday.

The resignation of Itamar Ben-Gvir does not threaten the ceasefire, but it does weaken Netanyahu's governing coalition. If other far-right lawmakers leave the government — as Ben-Gvir has ...

TEL AVIV, Israel — Israel's far-right national security minister resigned from Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's Cabinet on Sunday to express his disapproval of the Gaza ceasefire deal.

Gvir, has resigned from the country’s ruling coalition in protest against the ceasefire agreement in Gaza, his Jewish Power party announced on Sunday. In a statement, the party called the ceasefire deal a "capitulation to Hamas" and criticised the "release of hundreds of murderers" and the "renouncing of the [Israeli military’s] achievements in the war" in Gaza.

Israel’s national security minister quit the Cabinet on Sunday over the ceasefire with Hamas, labelling the deal “a catastrophe”.