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Tuesday, September 17, 2024
Netanyahu’s office distances itself from close aide who hinted Israel behind Lebanon blasts
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s office distances itself from a close associate and longtime spokesman for the premier who hinted on social media that Israel is behind the apparent major coordinated attack in which Hezbollah members’ pagers exploded, hurting hundreds.
“This didn’t age well,” Topaz Luk commented on an X post that claimed Netanyahu wouldn’t make any major move in Lebanon before his trip to New York next week. Luk deleted the comment a short while later.
“Topaz Luk hasn’t been serving as the prime minister’s spokesman for a few months now, and isn’t in the close circle of discussion,” the Prime Minister’s Office says.
Hebrew media also reports that Netanyahu’s office has ordered all ministers not to give interviews at this time.
