Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's security consultation with senior defense officials lasted approximately five and a half hours, according to a Telegram-based news channel. The updated duration exceeds the five-hour estimate reported earlier this evening.
At 18:30 Jerusalem, a Telegram-based news channel updated its earlier report, stating that Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's security consultation with senior defense officials lasted approximately five and a half hours, rather than the five hours reported at 17:45 Jerusalem. The consultation was one of several security discussions held Friday, a day that saw a sequence of high-level meetings. The narrow security cabinet convened at 11:41 Jerusalem to address Iran and the escalation in Judea and Samaria, followed by a broader multi-front security assessment convened by the prime minister. At 17:45, The Zioneer reported, citing Amichai Stein (i24NEWS), that the session had lasted about five hours. Shortly afterward, at 18:09, the Prime Minister's Office announced that Netanyahu would travel to Washington next week to meet President Donald Trump, but emphasized the trip is contingent on any security developments over the weekend. The new figure of five and a half hours extends the earlier estimate, though the exact agenda and topics of discussion remain undisclosed. The consultation comes against the backdrop of heightened tensions with Iran and following a recent attack, as The Zioneer has previously reported on a six-hour security cabinet discussion earlier this week.
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