While Smotrich and Ben Gvir's parties oppose the deal and Likud is divided, Aryeh Deri's Shas announced complete support for a deal, saying it fulfills the commandment of redeeming captives.

The leader of the Shas Religious Council issued a letter clarifying that negotiations regarding the draft of yeshivah students are with their approval.

In an interview he gave to Kikar Hashabbat, Shas leader Aryeh Deri said that the current unity government may not be sustainable for long.

In an interview he gave to Kol Baramah Radio, Shas leader and cabinet member Aryeh Deri spoke of the tensions he feels being responsible not only for the soldiers and hostages, but also the "whole Jewish world."

Shas chairman Aryeh Deri announced that his party's ministers will vote in favor of the deal to release the abductees, after he presented to the members of the Council of Torah Sages the details of the outline that will be submitted for government approval. According to the rabbis, the abductees "are in real danger."

Following the call of the chief rabbis of Israel to hold a day of prayer for the protection of IDF soldiers and the return of the abductees, the Shas faction held a Selichot ceremony in the Knesset.

The IDF Spokesperson said that over 2000 Charedim have sought to enlist since the beginning of the war.

In a comprehensive interview, Minister of Religion Michael Malchieli welcomes the cooperation with religious Zionism, clarifies that Shas will abide by the agreement to appoint a Zionist rabbi, and that, unlike his predecessor, he is "an official of the Chief Rabbinate"

After the outrage that arose in the Shas party over the signing of an agreement between Degel Torah and Shlomei Emunim regarding support for Israel Porush for the mayorship of Elad while ignoring previous agreements, Rabbi Dov Lando announced that there was no value to past agreements and that everything was done solely for the benefit of Jewish affairs in the city

The ultra-Orthodox attack Netanyahu in response to his statement that God did not always protect us: "We do not respect Netanyahu. You are not worthy of our trust"

Great outrage following the High Court's decision to stop the project of distributing holiday food stamps to needy families: "the well-fed does not understand the hungry."