Under the deal reached Wednesday, 33 hostages are set to be released over the next six weeks in exchange for hundreds of Palestinians imprisoned by Israel, according to reports.
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00:00Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has said a quote last minute crisis with Hamas
00:07is preventing the approval of a ceasefire agreement in Gaza and the release of dozens
00:12of hostages.
00:14On Thursday, the government said that some things that were agreed on had not been changed
00:19and that it won't meet to approve the agreement until Hamas backs down.
00:25Families of fallen Israeli soldiers displayed coffins in Jerusalem on Thursday at a protest
00:47against the ceasefire deal.
00:49They said if agreed upon, it would be surrendering to Hamas without reaching the goals of the
00:53war.
01:06Meanwhile Palestinians in Gaza have reported heavy Israeli bombardment as people were celebrating
01:11the ceasefire deal.
01:13The Hamas run health ministry said at least 70 people were killed in airstrikes in the
01:17strip overnight.
01:19Since the war began, Israel's offensive has killed over 46,000 people in Gaza, mostly
01:25women and children, according to the health ministry.