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Tuesday, September 16, 2025
At corruption trial, Netanyahu confirms start of ‘intensive operation in Gaza City’
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Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu arrives to testify at the District Court in Tel Aviv in his corruption trial on September 16, 2025. (Miriam Alster/Flash90)
At the opening of today’s session in his corruption trial, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu confirms that Israel “has begun an intensive operation in Gaza City,” according to reports.
He makes the statement as part of a request to be excused from his regularly scheduled testimony due to the “important things happening.”
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