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Sunday, August 7, 2022
Lapid wraps up meet with security chiefs on Gaza op

Prime Minister Yair Lapid, center, with other officials at a situational assessment at Defense Ministry HQ in Tel Aviv late on August 7, 2022. (Haim Zach/ GPO)
Prime Minister Yair Lapid has wrapped up a meeting at Defense Ministry headquarters in Tel Aviv with defense brass and other top officials on Operation Breaking Dawn, his office says.
Lapid was given an overview of the operation over the last 24 hours and assessments of the defense and civilian picture over the next few days.
The meeting is attended by alternate PM Naftali Bennett, Defense Minister Benny Gantz, IDF Chief Aviv Kohavi and others.