The Biden administration called for a final push before the president leaves office, with many seeing the Trump inauguration as an unofficial deadline.

Late on Thursday, a vocal member of Mr. Netanyahu’s governing coalition took a stand against a cease-fire deal. Itamar Ben-Gvir, Israel’s hard-line national security minister, threatened to resign and remove his party from the Israeli government if the cabinet voted to approve the provisional deal, saying that it would leave Hamas in power in Gaza.

Israel’s security cabinet has recommended that the government approve a Gaza ceasefire and hostage release deal, according to a statement from Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s office. The security cabinet met early Friday.