this is cnn breaking news. welcome to the lead, everyone. we start with breaking news at any moment a deal could be reached to release some hostages taken from israel by hamas on october 7th. right now, the full israeli cabinet is meeting to give what is believed to be a final approval of the deal. just moments ago israeli prime minister benning anyone netanyahu asked the cabinet to support the deal and reminded the world we are at war and will continue at war. out of 240 people kidnapped by hamas 50 would be release. hostages will be visited by the red cross. three palestinian prisoners in israel will be freed for every civilian hostage released. it also calls for a four to five day pause in fighting. the majority of hostages who would be released in this deal is children. one is a 3-year-old, the youngest american held hostage whose parents were killed by hamas. her great aunt spoke to cnn today and was understandably emotional at the prospect of seeing her niece come h
leader bennett announced he is working to form a unity coalition government that if sufficient would unseat benjamin netanyahu as prime minister. translator: i am announcing that i m going to work in order to erect a unity government with mr. lapid, my friend, in order to return the state of israel to its potential. joining me now is cnn s had as gold. had as, we have seen benjamin netanyahu on the ropes before. but perhaps things are changing now. what happens now? well, jim, prime minister bening anyone netanyahu s run as the longest serving prime minister in israeli history may soon be coming to an end. this is after, as you noted, neftali bennett, the leader of the small right wing party yammina announced he will be working with the centrist leader
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that border where there has been a low level insurgency for years, on the other side the best and most productive of the saudi oil fields. they are taking this very seriously indeed. great to see you, thanks very much. up next president obama responding to our interview with israel s prime minister benk anyone netanyahu, his comments about arab israelis and later afghanistan s president meeting with secretary kerry up at camp david. find out what he told us about the u.s. troop withdrawal to come. you re watching andrea mitchell reports only on msnbc.
crack codes around the world. the paper cites documents relieved by edward snowden. the documents imply the nsa still has plenty of work to do on this project. new this morning. secretary of state john kerry in the west bank meeting with palestinian president mahmoud abbas. he arrived in israeli thursday to create a middle east peace deal he says is not mission impossible. he had dinner with israeli prime minister benefiting anyone netanyahu who says there is growing doubt in israel the palestinians want peace. kerry s tenth trip to the region and harsh word. the time is soon arriving where leaders are going to have to make difficult decisions. we are close to take time, if not at it, and i think we understand the circumstances within which we are working. the secretary of state vows to work to narrow the differences on a framework that addresses core issues including