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Saturday, October 7, 2023
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Saturday, October 7, 2023
Lapid says would back ‘harsh military response’ to Hamas attack
Carrie Keller-Lynn is a former political and legal correspondent for The Times of Israel
Yesh Atid head MK Yair Lapid speaks during a press conference in Tel Aviv on September 20, 2023. (Miriam Alster/Flash90)
Opposition Leader Yair Lapid receives a security update from the prime minister’s military secretary, Avi Gil.
A statement from Lapid’s office says that “Israel is in an emergency” and that Lapid would back “harsh military response” to Hamas’s coordinated attack.
