Several officials reacted to the US-brokered ceasefire between Israel and Iran on Tuesday morning, which was later in question as Iran fired missiles towards Israeli territory and Israel threatened retaliation.
Opposition leader Yair Lapid pushed for the Israeli government to expand its ceasefire with Iran to a truce in Gaza in a Tuesday statement.
"And now Gaza. This is the moment to finish things there as well. To bring back the hostages and end the war. Israel needs to start rebuilding."
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The Hostages and Missing Families Forum called on the government to expand the ceasefire with Iran to include a Gaza deal as well in a Tuesday statement.
"Those who can bring about a ceasefire with Iran can also end the war in Gaza," the forum wrote.
They called the present opportunity "a historic window," and that "ending the operation in Iran without using it to bring back all the hostages would be a grave political failure."
Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich mourned the five people killed in Beersheba from an Iranian attack on Israel in the final hours before the ceasefire took effect.
"There is no doubt that this morning leaves a bitter taste, but with all the sorrow, the truth is that, thank God, we achieved a crushing victory in the campaign against Iran, which will be recorded with glory in the history books of the State of Israel," he wrote. "We removed an immediate existential threat from the eternity of Israel and dealt a severe blow to the Iranian Ayatollah regime, including the destruction of dozens of targets in Tehran last night."
Democrats chairman Yair Golan said that the ceasefire was a moment for celebration, but that it must be scrutinized further.
"The ceasefire agreement must be carefully examined: does it prevent Iran from obtaining nuclear weapons, and what sanctions, including the renewal of fighting, will be imposed if it is violated?"
In contrast, Yisrael Beiteinu leader Avigdor Liberman slammed the agreement and called for a deal with Iran's unconditional surrender.
"Instead of unconditional surrender, the world is entering into a difficult and exhausting negotiation, while the Ayatollah regime has no intention of conceding – neither on uranium enrichment on Iranian soil, nor on the production and acquisition of ballistic missiles, nor on supporting and funding terrorism in the region and around the world.