Former Israeli army chief Herzi Halevi urged Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to accept a ceasefire deal that would have freed all captives in Gaza before last year’s Rafah assault, but the premier rejected it outright, according to a report by public broadcaster Kan.

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