Minister violates military censor by tweeting location of hostage rescue

Sam Sokol is the Times of Israel's political correspondent. He was previously a reporter for the Jerusalem Post, Jewish Telegraphic Agency and Haaretz. He is the author of "Putin’s Hybrid War and the Jews"

Transportation Minister Miri Regev holds a press conference discussing plans for the state ceremony commemorating the October 7 massacre, at the Transportation Ministry in Jerusalem, August 22, 2024. (Chaim Goldberg/Flash90)
Transportation Minister Miri Regev holds a press conference discussing plans for the state ceremony commemorating the October 7 massacre, at the Transportation Ministry in Jerusalem, August 22, 2024. (Chaim Goldberg/Flash90)

Transportation Minister Miri Regev, and former chief IDF censor, breaches military censorship by sharing the location of the operation that rescued hostage Farhan al-Qadi this morning.

Regev tweeted the location in Gaza, then erased her tweet 40 minutes later.

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