Netanyahu’s office releases footage of Iran war meeting with top aides

Lazar Berman is The Times of Israel's diplomatic reporter

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu meets with senior ministers, advisers and security chiefs amid the war in Iran, on March 5, 2026. (Avi Ohayon/GPO)
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu meets with senior ministers, advisers and security chiefs amid the war in Iran, on March 5, 2026. (Avi Ohayon/GPO)

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s office releases footage of his meeting on the Iran campaign last night with senior ministers, advisers and security chiefs.

Netanyahu was joined by Defense Minister Israel Katz, Foreign Minister Gideon Sa’ar, and — in contrast to their absence from the war cabinet during the early stages of the 2023 war in Gaza — his far-right allies, Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich and National Security Minister Itamar Ben Gvir.

Shin Bet Chief David Zini, Acting National Security Adviser Gil Reich and Military Secretary Maj. Gen. Roman Gofman also participated.

Michael Eisenberg — Netanyahu’s representative to the joint Gaza ceasefire oversight headquarters in Kiryat Gat — was also at the meeting, a sign of a growing role for the Israeli-American businessman.

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