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Security cabinet, IDF chief excluded from talks on Gaza war deal – report
Add ToI as a Preferred Source on GoogleNava Freiberg is The Times of Israel's deputy diplomatic correspondent.
Israel’s security establishment has been excluded from discussions on US President Donald Trump’s plan to end the Gaza war, with details withheld even from IDF Chief of Staff Eyal Zamir and the security cabinet, Channel 12 reports, without citing sources.
A day ahead of his White House meeting with Trump to discuss and possibly finalize the framework, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has kept the process tightly held through a small circle including his top advisor, Strategic Affairs Minister Ron Dermer, and his military secretary, Roman Gofman, according to the Hebrew network.
The report notes that Netanyahu held a similar policy of secrecy regarding the Abraham Accords normalization agreements during Trump’s last term, and around potential Saudi normalization leading up to the war in Gaza.
The reported exclusion comes despite the high-level security considerations surrounding the framework, under which the war would end immediately, hostages would be released within 48 hours, and the IDF would gradually withdraw under US guarantees.
The Prime Minister’s Office does not immediately respond to a request for comment on the report.
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