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Netanyahu convenes security cabinet, amid hostage talks and reports of prep to strike Iran

By Lazar Berman 12 June 2025, 8:25 pm Edit

Lazar Berman is The Times of Israel's diplomatic reporter

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu arrives at the Tel Aviv District Court before the start of his testimony in the criminal trial against him, June 3, 2025. (Chaim Goldberg/Flash90)
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu arrives at the Tel Aviv District Court before the start of his testimony in the criminal trial against him, June 3, 2025. (Chaim Goldberg/Flash90)

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu convenes his security cabinet in Jerusalem.

The 8:00 p.m. meeting — reported already on Tuesday — comes amid what Netanyahu called “tentative progress” in hostage talks with Hamas, and unnamed US officials telling media outlets that they are concerned that an Israeli strike on Iran’s nuclear program might be impending.

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