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Thursday, August 9, 2018
Security cabinet meets in Tel Aviv amid Gaza violence
The ten-member security cabinet, the committee of ministers empowered by law to decide whether the country goes to war, is meeting in the army’s headquarters in central Tel Aviv to discuss the escalation in violence in Gaza yesterday and today.
According to reports from sources close to the ministers, some are urging a more forceful IDF response to the firing of some 200 rockets from Gaza since Wednesday.