Israel delays vote to approve Gaza ceasefire dealpublished at 21:28 Greenwich Mean Time 16 Januarypublished at 21:28 16 January
We're pausing our live coverage after Israel delayed a vote to approve the Gaza ceasefire and hostage deal.
Here are the latest developments from the past 24 hours:
- A ceasefire and hostage deal between Israel and Hamas was reached yesterday after 15 months of negotiations, but Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has delayed a vote to approve it
- Netanyahu accused Hamas of backtracking on the deal - Hamas said it was committed to the deal, but the BBC's Rushdi Abualouf hears the group is attempting a last-minute push for the release of certain prisoners
- Israeli media reported that the cabinet was expected to meet on Friday to approve the deal and that the alleged issue had been resolved
- Israel's Security Minister, Itamar Ben-Gvir, said his right-wing party would resign if the deal was ratified, but a majority of Israeli ministers are expected to back the deal
- More than 80 people were killed by Israeli air strikes overnight since the ceasefire announcement, according to the Hamas-run health ministry - Israel says it struck 50 targets
- Hamas attacked southern Israel on 7 October 2023, killing about 1,200 people and taking 251 back to Gaza as hostages. More than 46,788 people have been killed in Gaza since then, according to the territory's Hamas-run health ministry
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