Dostri admitted that the decision regarding the localized ceasefires was Netanyahu’s, and said that the prime minister may decide to give a video statement later on Sunday. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu preferred that the IDF announce the new localized “humanitarian” ceasefires in the Gaza Strip rather than announce it himself since it is “not something widely accepted by large segments of the public,

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