Israel's cabinet is reportedly preparing to meet to ratify a much-anticipated ceasefire deal with Hamas over Gaza, with the right threatening to threaten a "hostages-for-prisoners" deal if Benjamin Netanyahu's government agrees. Israel will overthrow Netanyahu's government.

Mediators in Doha have been reported to be close to a deal over the past two days, with varying accounts of who and what was to blame for the 11th-hour delay. Netanyahu's office rejected suggestions that Hamas had accepted the bargains at the negotiating table in the Qatari capital.

Qatari Prime Minister Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman Al Thani is expected to hold a press conference on Wednesday evening, adding to expectations.

As expectations for a deal grew, Netanyahu and his Defense Minister Israel Katz met with Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich, one of the far-right leaders in the coalition. Smotrich has been highly critical of the deal with Hamas, and hardline minister Itamar Ben-Gweil has asked him to join forces, which could see their respective parties withdraw from the coalition if a deal is reached. The government collapsed.

Unlike Ben-Gweil, however, polls suggest Smotrich could face political oblivion if new elections are held, with political analysts noting that he would be more motivated to keep Netanyahu's coalition alive . According to Israeli television, Smotrich offered Netanyahu a series of conditions for his support, including a promise to return to the war and impose strict restrictions if Hamas recovers from the devastation it still controls in the Gaza Strip. Amounts of humanitarian aid are allowed to enter.

The deal hammered out in Doha by negotiators from the United States, Israel, Egypt and Qatar reportedly involves a phased ceasefire. In the first phase of 42 days, Hamas will release 33 hostages, including children, women (including female soldiers) and those over 50 years old. According to the Associated Press, in exchange for every female Israeli soldier released by Hamas, Israel will release 50 Palestinian prisoners and release 30 hostages.

In the first phase, all fighting will be suspended and Israeli forces will withdraw from Gaza cities to a buffer zone on the edge of the Gaza Strip, the details of which will be listed on a map signed by both sides. Gaza's 2.3 million Palestinians will be allowed to return to their homes and move freely between southern and northern Gaza, and more aid will be allowed to flow into Gaza, although details on the amount are unclear.

The second phase is designed to be more comprehensive, in which the remaining living hostages will be returned, a proportion of Palestinian prisoners will be released, and Israel will completely withdraw from the Gaza Strip. This is a step that Netanyahu has been very reluctant to take, and the specific details of the second phase will be the subject of further negotiations, which will begin 16 days after the first phase.

The third phase will address the exchange of bodies of deceased hostages and Hamas members and will launch a Gaza reconstruction plan, but how the territory will be governed remains unclear.

Officials in Doha said they hoped remaining obstacles to a deal could be overcome late Wednesday or early Thursday in a 15-month war that has killed more than 46,000 Palestinians and 1,700 Israelis, the International Court of Justice said. The war is being reviewed. Research claims of genocide.