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PM personally approved entry of Egyptian team into Gaza to search for hostages’ bodies, his office says
Add ToI as a Preferred Source on GoogleLazar Berman is The Times of Israel's diplomatic reporter
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu personally approved the entry of the Egyptian team that entered the Gaza Strip with several engineering vehicles to assist with locating the bodies, the Prime Minister’s Office tells The Times of Israel.
“It is a technical team,” says the PMO. “They are going in only to locate the slain hostages.”
Information from both Israel and Hamas on the location of slain hostages has been given to the Egyptians to guide their search, Channel 12 reports.
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