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Thursday, October 19, 2023
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Thursday, October 19, 2023
Security cabinet meets as IDF ground incursion of Gaza looms
Add ToI as a Preferred Source on GoogleLazar Berman is The Times of Israel's diplomatic reporter
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu leads a security cabinet meeting in Tel Aviv, October 7, 2023. (Haim Zach/GPO)
With the country, and much of the world, awaiting an indication of what Israel plans to do in the next stage of its war against Hamas — especially now that US President Joe Biden has come and gone — the security cabinet is meeting.
This is the forum that would need to approve a ground incursion, though it should be noted that it has convened many times throughout the war already.
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