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Netanyahu spoke to IDF chief three hours after Oct. 7 attack began, report says

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  • Benjamin Netanyahu did not speak with then-IDF Chief of Staff Herzi Halevi until 9:45 a.m. on Oct. 7, 2023, according to KAN News.
  • Netanyahu had received calls about the attack at 6:29 a.m. and 6:40 a.m. but did not request to speak with Halevi, the report said.
  • The report follows Netanyahu’s claim that officers delayed waking him because they believed he would have stopped the massacre.

Benjamin Netanyahu’s first conversation with then-IDF Chief of Staff Herzi Halevi on Oct. 7, 2023, took place at 9:45 a.m., three hours after Hamas attacks began, KAN News reported.

You claim to have been a fighter on October 7. You were there early in the morning, dressed and ready. At a very early hour, when others did not know, such as the prime minister.

· Sara NetanyahuShe made the remark while alleging that Yair Golan had prior knowledge of the Oct. 7 attack.

Netanyahu had received two separate phone calls about the ongoing attack, at 6:29 a.m. and 6:40 a.m., according to the report. He did not ask to speak with Halevi during or immediately after either call.

The report comes after comments by Sara Netanyahu about Yair Golan, head of the Democratic Party. She claimed Golan had known about the attack in advance because he had been dressed and ready early that morning, unlike the prime minister.

They were afraid that if they woke the prime minister, I would activate the air force, and I would wake the entire IDF, and I would not let anyone get close to the fences.

· Benjamin NetanyahuNetanyahu explained on Instagram why he said officers delayed waking him.

Netanyahu later wrote on Instagram that IDF officers had deliberately waited more than an hour to wake him because they feared he would respond immediately. “They were afraid that if they woke the prime minister, I would activate the air force, and I would wake the entire IDF, and I would not let anyone get close to the fences,” he said. “If they had woken me, everything would have looked different.”

If they had woken me, everything would have looked different.

· Benjamin NetanyahuNetanyahu claimed an earlier warning would have changed the response to the attack.
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