Netanyahu also asserted that he negotiated the best deal possible, even as Israel’s far-right Public Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir said he and most of his party would resign from the

The deal, mediated by the United States, offered a glimmer of hope in a conflict that has taken an immense human toll.

The Israeli security cabinet is expected to meet this morning in the first procedural step toward a ceasefire and hostage deal in implemented. NBC News' Daniele Hamamdjian reports from Tel Aviv with all the details.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has made additional demands of Hamas after his cabinet had approved a ceasefire deal.

The party of Israel’s hard-line National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir says its Cabinet ministers submitted their resignations from the government on Sunday in opposition to the Gaza ceasefire deal.