Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu urged a “balanced” approach aimed at “cooling the arenas” and preventing an escalation six days before the October 7 massacre, according to a classified summary from an October 1, 2023, security meeting.
The document dated October 1 was presented by journalist Yaron Avraham on Channel 12’s main evening broadcast on Sunday. It was described as Netanyahu’s written summary of a consultation with Israel’s top security leadership.
Netanyahu did not include the full content of that meeting in his response to the State Comptroller’s Office, Channel 12 reported.