From Prime Minister’s Office denies Netanyahu has established new war council
Lazar Berman is The Times of Israel's diplomatic reporter
After sources tell Israeli outlets, including The Times of Israel, that Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has established a new war council to run the effort to destroy Hamas, his office denies the reports.
“There is no ‘new small security forum,'” says The Prime Minister’s Office.
The statement says that the premier “holds frequent security meetings, to which he invites different ministers each time in accordance with their area of responsibility.”
“That was the case last week when [Education] Minister Yoav Kisch participated in the cabinet meeting, and yesterday when [National Security] Minister Itamar Ben Gvir took part in consultations,” the PMO says.
Sources told The Times of Israel that the body is made up of Defense Minister Yoav Gallant, Justice Minister Yariv Levin, Strategic Affairs Minister Ron Dermer, Foreign Minister Israel Katz, Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich and MK Aryeh Deri, and that the forum is scheduled to meet this evening.
