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Tuesday, January 16, 2024
Sa’ar urges convening war cabinet over barrage at Netivot, says Gaza drawdown a mistake
National Unity party minister Gideon Sa’ar calls for convening the war cabinet over the massive barrage of rockets fired at southern Israel from Gaza.
Sa’ar says the body, of which he is an observer, needs to discuss “the continuation of the war in the Gaza Strip and the way it is being handled.”
“The reduction of the intensity and activities of the IDF in the Strip and the drawdown of forces there is a mistake,” Sa’ar says. “We need to decide to increase the pressure on Hamas. We also need to decide that changes to the combat situation be based on advances and achieving goals and not a timetable.”