Three far-right ministers quit Israel’s cabinet over 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.

The departure of the Jewish Power party from Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s government does not bring down the coalition or affect the ceasefire. But Ben-Gvir’s departure destabilises the coalition.

The development came shortly before Hamas named the three hostages it plans to release on Sunday, potentially clearing the way for the Gaza ceasefire to go ahead.

Earlier on Sunday, Israel had said it would not go ahead with the ceasefire as it had not received the hostages’ names.

Our journalists are working on this developing story and it will be updated shortly.