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From the Liveblog of
Tuesday, September 17, 2024
From the Liveblog of
Tuesday, September 17, 2024
Netanyahu holding ‘dramatic’ top-level security consultations as Lebanon tensions rise
The Israeli Iron Dome air defense system fires to intercept an attack from Lebanon over the Galilee region, near Kiryat Shmona, as seen from the Golan Heights, September 17, 2024. (AP Photo/Leo Correa)
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has been holding a series of high-level security consultations with the heads of the security forces as tensions with Hezbollah in Lebanon rise.
Officials confirm the consultations to The Times of Israel, but give no details.
The Ynet news site calls the meetings “dramatic.”
The meetings come hours after the government updated its official goals for the ongoing war with Hamas in Gaza to include the objective of allowing residents of the north to return safely to their homes after being displaced by attacks by the Lebanese terror group Hezbollah.
