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Likud confirmed that Netanyahu will nominate Foreign Minister Gideon Sa'ar as interior minister, filling a post left vacant for more than a year. Ofir Katz was initially offered the role but declined it to focus on coordinating the bloc's Knesset efforts. Haaretz reported the appointment is expected before the cabinet on Wednesday, returning the ministry to a full minister after indirect control by Shas. The appointment comes as Netanyahu's bloc seeks to hold its position after the new Knesset was sworn in.