Report: Leak about PM's nonexistent Cairo trip was deliberate, aimed at testing the waters

The leaking of false news earlier this week about Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu seemingly being on the way to Cairo for hostage talks was a deliberate play by Israel, Lebanon’s Al Akhbar news site cites unnamed Egyptian officials as saying.

The news was quickly proven false, with Netanyahu in fact visiting the Syrian side of the Hermon and spending the rest of his time in Jerusalem that day.

The Egyptian sources claim that the leak to the Reuters news agency “was an Israeli maneuver to examine the extent of Egypt’s acceptance of the idea of Netanyahu visiting, and the announcement of a truce from Cairo.”

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Report: Leak about PM’s nonexistent Cairo trip was deliberate, aimed at testing the waters

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