"I cannot vote in favour of a deal that releases those murderous terrorists", says Ben Gvir

'Israel's' far-right National Security Minister Itamar Ben Gvir said Thursday he would vote against a US-sponsored Gaza ceasefire and captive release deal with Hamas as it proposes releasing hundreds of Palestinian deatinees.

"The heart of all of us fills with joy... at the fact that all the hostages are expected to return... However, alongside this joy, it is absolutely forbidden to ignore the question of the price: the release of thousands of terrorists, including 250 murderers who are expected to be freed from prisons. This is an unbearable heavy price," Ben Gvir wrote on X.

"I cannot vote in favour of a deal that releases those murderous terrorists, and we will oppose it in the government," he said in a statement posted while the Israeli cabinet was voting on the deal.