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Netanyahu huddling with defense chiefs as Iran threatens response to Beirut strike
Add ToI as a Preferred Source on GoogleNava Freiberg is The Times of Israel's deputy diplomatic correspondent.
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is convening a security consultation with Defense Minister Israel Katz and defense establishment chiefs on the conflict in Lebanon, amid threats from Iran to respond to a strike on Beirut, Hebrew media outlets report.
An Israeli official confirms the meeting to The Times of Israel.
Iranian officials have threatened a response to Israel’s strikes targeting Hezbollah in Beirut’s southern suburb of Dahiyeh today, casting it as a violation of the ceasefire with the US that halted the war in April.
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