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PM’s office: Israel informed US of planned Gaza strikes, but only after they were ordered
Add ToI as a Preferred Source on GoogleNava Freiberg is The Times of Israel's deputy diplomatic correspondent.
Israel notified US President Donald Trump’s administration of its decision to carry out strikes in Gaza City in response to Hamas violations of the ceasefire after Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu had ordered the move, the Prime Minister’s Office tells The Times of Israel.
“The prime minister made the decision to carry out the strike, gave the order to the military to execute it and afterward informed the United States,” the PMO says.
A US official and an Israeli official tell The Times of Israel that Jerusalem updated Washington after the decision was made but before the strikes took place.
“We were informed,” a Trump administration official says, noting that the US-led Civil-Military Coordination Center in Kiryat Gat, tasked with overseeing the ceasefire and monitoring progress on Washington’s Gaza peace plan, facilitated communication between the two sides.
An Israeli official confirms that “there were talks with the Americans” regarding Israel’s planned response before the strikes were carried out.
According to the officials, discussions took place on both political and military levels.
The Times of Israel Community.