Cabinet weekly sessions moved underground amid war threats
The Israeli government took the extraordinary step Monday of convening its weekly cabinet meeting in a fortified underground facility in Jerusalem, marking what security officials called a “new reality” in protecting the country’s senior leadership. The unprecedented relocation from the cabinet’s traditional chamber at the Prime Minister’s Office came in direct response to last week’s Hezbollah drone attack on Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s private residence in Caesarea and subsequent intelligence warnings of elevated threats against government officials. In a measure reflecting heightened alert status, ministers were notified of the secure location merely hours before the session and were explicitly instructed to arrive without their senior staff – a dramatic break from standard governmental practice.
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