Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Defence Minister Yoav Gallant exchanged criticism on Monday over stalled talks for a ceasefire deal that would free hostages held in Gaza. “The reason a hostage deal is stalling is in part because of Israel”, Israeli media, including television channel Kan, reported Gallant saying in a private briefing for a parliamentary committee on Monday. Gallant was discussing the choice Israel faced between a ceasefire deal that could end the conflicts in the north with Lebanon’s Hezbollah and in Gaza, and escalating the war, Kan reported. “I and the defence…