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Netanyahu meets with top security officials after IDF chief returns from US — report
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Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu meets with the IDF General Staff Forum on June 30, 2025. At left is IDF Chief of Staff Eyal Zamir. At right is Defense Minister Israel Katz. (Maayan Toaf/GPO)
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is meeting with top security officials after IDF Chief of Staff Lt. Gen. Eyal Zamir returned from Washington, where he discussed Iran with US officials.
An Israeli official says the meeting, including Defense Minister Israel Katz, Zamir, Mossad director David Barnea, is part of a security update after the IDF chief’s trip.
According to the report, the US is closer to attacking Iran than it was a week ago, although it is unclear what the scope of such a planned attack would look like.
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