{"id":258032,"date":"2026-01-26T07:47:16","date_gmt":"2026-01-26T07:47:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/258032\/"},"modified":"2026-01-26T07:47:16","modified_gmt":"2026-01-26T07:47:16","slug":"israeli-cabinet-ministers-erupt-over-rafah-crossing-plan-in-trump-ceasefire-deal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/258032\/","title":{"rendered":"Israeli Cabinet Ministers Erupt Over Rafah Crossing Plan In Trump Ceasefire Deal"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"\" data-is=\"component-paragraph\">The Prime Minister\u2019s Office (PMO) said Sunday that Israel has agreed to a limited reopening of the Rafah Crossing under a US-backed ceasefire framework, contingent on the recovery of Israeli hostages. The move, presented as part of President Donald Trump\u2019s 20-point plan, has already drawn sharp opposition from several cabinet ministers.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\" data-is=\"component-paragraph\">According to the PMO, Israel will allow a restricted opening of Rafah for the humanitarian movement of people only, under full Israeli supervision. The opening is conditioned on the return of all abductees alive and on what the statement calls a \u201c100% effort by Hamas to locate and return all the deceased hostages.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><img alt=\"Video poster\" class=\"video-poster\" data-is=\"lazy-image\" data-observed-item-id=\"https:\/\/api.i24news.tv\/en\/brightcove\/6388294577112\/poster\"\/>IDF searches for last hostage body: earch for Ran Gvili&#8217;s body moves to cemetery in North Gaza<\/p>\n<p class=\"\" data-is=\"component-paragraph\">The statement said the IDF is currently conducting a <a data-is=\"component-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.i24news.tv\/en\/news\/israel-at-war\/artc-israel-confirms-search-for-body-of-ran-gvili-is-ongoing-in-northern-gaza\" title=\"https:\/\/www.i24news.tv\/en\/news\/israel-at-war\/artc-israel-confirms-search-for-body-of-ran-gvili-is-ongoing-in-northern-gaza\" target=\"\" class=\"link\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">focused operation<\/a>, using fresh intelligence, to locate and recover the remains of the kidnapped Israeli officer, the late Major General Ran Gvili. It added that once the operation is completed, and in line with understandings with Washington, <a data-is=\"component-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.i24news.tv\/en\/news\/israel-at-war\/artc-report-israel-to-seek-control-of-rafah-crossing-to-ensure-more-gazans-go-out-than-in\" title=\"https:\/\/www.i24news.tv\/en\/news\/israel-at-war\/artc-report-israel-to-seek-control-of-rafah-crossing-to-ensure-more-gazans-go-out-than-in\" target=\"\" class=\"link\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Israel will proceed with opening the crossing.<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"\" data-is=\"component-paragraph\">READ MORE: <a data-is=\"component-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.i24news.tv\/en\/news\/israel-at-war\/artc-israel-confirms-search-for-body-of-ran-gvili-is-ongoing-in-northern-gaza\" title=\"https:\/\/www.i24news.tv\/en\/news\/israel-at-war\/artc-israel-confirms-search-for-body-of-ran-gvili-is-ongoing-in-northern-gaza\" target=\"\" class=\"link\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Israel confirms search for body of Ran Gvili is ongoing in northern Gaza<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"\" data-is=\"component-paragraph\">\u201cThe State of Israel is committed to the return of the hero of Israel, Maj. Gen. Ran Gvili, and will spare no effort to return him to the grave of Israel,\u201d the PMO said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\" data-is=\"component-paragraph\">The move drew criticism during a cabinet meeting on Saturday evening, according to i24NEWS\u2019s Hebrew-language sister channel. Settlement and National Missions Minister Orit Strock warned, \u201cWe are transferring Gaza to the Palestinian Authority with the blood of our children,\u201d adding, \u201cThis cabinet will eventually make a decision to send our soldiers to fight Hamas because no one else will do it, and then what will we tell them?\u201d<\/p>\n<p><img alt=\"Video poster\" class=\"video-poster\" data-is=\"lazy-image\" data-observed-item-id=\"https:\/\/api.i24news.tv\/en\/brightcove\/6388085750112\/poster\"\/>Trump moves to Gaza Phase 2 while last deceased Israeli hostage not returned <\/p>\n<p class=\"\" data-is=\"component-paragraph\">Other ministers echoed concerns over who will govern Gaza. \u201cWe need to make sure that the government in Gaza is neither Hamas\u2019s nor the PA\u2019s,\u201d Transportation Minister Miri Regev said. Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich argued, \u201cIf we don\u2019t rule there with military rule, it means we will get a Palestinian state.\u201d National Security Minister Itamar Ben Gvir warned, \u201cIf the Rafah crossing opens, it will be a big mistake and a very bad message.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"\" data-is=\"component-paragraph\">READ MORE: <a data-is=\"component-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.i24news.tv\/en\/news\/israel-at-war\/artc-israel-is-supporting-new-militias-in-gaza-fighting-against-hamas-report\" title=\"https:\/\/www.i24news.tv\/en\/news\/israel-at-war\/artc-israel-is-supporting-new-militias-in-gaza-fighting-against-hamas-report\" target=\"\" class=\"link\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Israel backs new Gaza militias to fight Hamas, report says<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Prime Minister\u2019s Office (PMO) said Sunday that Israel has agreed to a limited reopening of the Rafah&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":258033,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[85,46,43],"class_list":{"0":"post-258032","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-israel","8":"tag-il","9":"tag-israel","10":"tag-news"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/258032","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=258032"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/258032\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/258033"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=258032"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=258032"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=258032"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}