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PM, Gallant OK’d hostage rescue op when cabinet meetings were canceled
File: Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (left) and Defense Minister Yoav Gallant attend a press conference at the Kirya military base in Tel Aviv, Oct. 28, 2023. (Abir Sultan/Pool Photo via AP)
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Defense Minister Yoav Gallant approved the operation to rescue four hostages from central Gaza’s Nuseirat on Thursday evening when a war cabinet and security cabinet meeting was canceled, a diplomatic source says.
The meetings were canceled in order for the two to make preparations for the operation.
Netanyahu was also said to have observed the mission from inside a Shin Bet security service war room.
