PM’s trip to NY ‘part of diversion’ so Nasrallah would think he was safe — report

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu approves a strike in Beirut from aboard the Wings of Zion en route to New York, September 26, 2024. (Avi Ohayon/GPO)
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu approves a strike in Beirut from aboard the Wings of Zion en route to New York, September 26, 2024. (Avi Ohayon/GPO)

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s decision to go ahead with his trip to the UN General Assembly despite the escalating fighting with Hezbollah “was part of a diversion” to lull Hassan Nasrallah into believing Israel wouldn’t target him while the premier was in New York, a senior Israeli official tells the Telegraph.

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