{"id":56557,"date":"2026-02-08T17:55:28","date_gmt":"2026-02-08T22:55:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newssprinters.com\/index.php\/world\/netanyahu-urged-cooling-the-arenas-days-before-oct-7-classified-summary-shows\/08\/02\/2026\/"},"modified":"2026-02-08T17:55:28","modified_gmt":"2026-02-08T22:55:28","slug":"netanyahu-urged-cooling-the-arenas-days-before-oct-7-classified-summary-shows","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newssprinters.com\/index.php\/world\/netanyahu-urged-cooling-the-arenas-days-before-oct-7-classified-summary-shows\/08\/02\/2026\/","title":{"rendered":"Netanyahu urged \u2018cooling the arenas\u2019 days before Oct. 7, classified summary shows"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\n<\/p>\n<div data-article-body=\"true\">\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">In one section, Channel 12 reported that Netanyahu instructed officials to promote a civilian arrangement with Hamas and expand the use of humanitarian tools as leverage over Hamas policy.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.yahoo.com\/news\/articles\/lapid-netanyahu-ignored-repeated-warnings-012542534.html\" data-ylk=\"slk:Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas;outcm:mb_qualified_link;_E:mb_qualified_link;ct:story;\" class=\"link  yahoo-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu<\/a> urged a \u201cbalanced\u201d approach aimed at \u201ccooling the arenas\u201d and preventing an escalation six days before the October 7 massacre, according to a classified summary from an October 1, 2023, security meeting.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">The document dated October 1 was presented by journalist Yaron Avraham on Channel 12\u2019s main evening broadcast on Sunday. It was described as Netanyahu\u2019s written summary of a consultation with Israel\u2019s top security leadership.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Netanyahu did not include the full content of that meeting in his <a href=\"https:\/\/www.yahoo.com\/news\/articles\/netanyahu-releases-pre-oct-7-002714120.html\" data-ylk=\"slk:response to the State Comptroller\u2019s Office;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas;outcm:mb_qualified_link;_E:mb_qualified_link;ct:story;\" class=\"link  yahoo-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">response to the State Comptroller\u2019s Office<\/a>, Channel 12 reported.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">According to the report, the meeting took place at the Prime Minister\u2019s Office in Jerusalem. It was attended by Mossad Director David Barnea, Shin Bet (Israel Security Agency) director Ronen Bar, IDF chief of staff Lt.-Gen. Herzi Halevi, national security adviser Tzachi Hanegbi, defense minister Yoav Gallant, strategic affairs minister Ron Dermer, and other senior officials, the report said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Netanyahu reportedly defined the meeting\u2019s overarching goals as advancing peace with Saudi Arabia, maintaining national and security calm, and neutralizing attempts to trigger an escalation that could endanger diplomatic prospects.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"relative mb-4\">\n<div class=\"relative\"><button aria-label=\"View larger image\" class=\"group absolute bottom-0 size-full\" data-ylk=\"elm:expand;itc:1;sec:image-lightbox;slk:lightbox-open;\"><span class=\"absolute bottom-3 right-3 rounded-full bg-white p-3 opacity-100 shadow-elevation-3 transition-opacity duration-300 group-hover:block group-hover:opacity-100 md:p-[17px] lg:bottom-6 lg:right-6 lg:bg-white\/90 lg:p-5 lg:opacity-0 lg:shadow-none\"><svg viewbox=\"0 0 22 22\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"size-4 lg:size-6\" width=\"22\" height=\"22\"><path d=\"M12.372.92c0-.506.41-.916.915-.916L21 0l-.004 7.712a.917.917 0 0 1-1.832 0V3.183l-6.827 6.828-1.349-1.348 6.828-6.828h-4.529a.915.915 0 0 1-.915-.915M1.835 17.816l6.828-6.828 1.349 1.349-6.829 6.827h4.529a.915.915 0 0 1 0 1.831L0 21l.004-7.713a.916.916 0 0 1 1.831 0z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/button><dialog aria-label=\"Modal Dialog\" aria-modal=\"true\" class=\"fixed bottom-0 left-0 right-0 top-0 z-4 size-full max-h-none max-w-none bg-white hidden\"\/><\/div><figcaption class=\"relative text-sm mt-1 pr-2.5\">\n<p>Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, Ministers and MK&#8217;s attend a Special Session in his Honor of Albanian Prime Minister Edi Rama at the Knesset, the Israeli parliament in Jerusalem, January 26, 2026. (credit: YONATAN SINDEL\/FLASH90)<\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">In one section of the summary, Netanyahu instructed officials to promote a civilian arrangement with Hamas, expand the use of humanitarian tools as leverage over Hamas policy, and raise operational readiness for targeted killings that the security establishment had recommended, including against Hamas\u2019s leadership, Channel 12 reported.<\/p>\n<h3 class=\"mb-4 text-lg font-bold\">Netanyahu&#8217;s closing remarks stressed preventing escalation<\/h3>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">The report also highlighted Netanyahu\u2019s closing remarks, as shown on air in excerpts from the document.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">\u201cThe prime minister expressed great appreciation to all security bodies for their work in preserving quiet across all arenas, with emphasis on the holiday period, and stressed that we must act with balance and management for cooling the arenas and preventing escalation while preserving and strengthening Israeli deterrence,\u201d the report said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Alongside the excerpts, Channel 12 aired sharp criticism attributed to unnamed <a href=\"https:\/\/www.yahoo.com\/news\/articles\/netanyahu-liar-yoav-gallant-challenges-142141478.html\" data-ylk=\"slk:senior security officials;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas;outcm:mb_qualified_link;_E:mb_qualified_link;ct:story;\" class=\"link  yahoo-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">senior security officials<\/a>, who accused Netanyahu of causing \u201cirreversible\u201d long-term damage and of selectively extracting partial sentences from lengthy discussions while stripping them of context. They also said the October 1 summary was unusual in its clarity, adding that it had delineated a clear directive.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">The disclosure arrived in the middle of an intensified public battle over pre-October 7, 2023, decision-making and the release of selected protocols.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">In recent days, the Prime Minister\u2019s Office published intelligence and meeting documents as part of Netanyahu\u2019s response to the state comptroller\u2019s probes into the October 7 massacre, a process that has been tied up in legal and political disputes.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">In an interview with Channel 12, Gallant accused Netanyahu of attempting to \u201cengineer the perception\u201d of events by stitching together snippets from long meetings.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Separate reporting has also focused on decisions tied to Hamas\u2019s leadership in the months before the attack. Channel 12 sources claimed Netanyahu had declined multiple opportunities to discuss or approve a targeted killing of then-<a href=\"https:\/\/www.yahoo.com\/news\/articles\/netanyahu-turned-down-11-assassination-020748735.html\" data-ylk=\"slk:Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas;outcm:mb_qualified_link;_E:mb_qualified_link;ct:story;\" class=\"link  yahoo-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar<\/a> before October 7, an allegation the Prime Minister\u2019s Office rejected, <em>The Jerusalem Post<\/em> reported in January.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Israeli investigations into the October 7 massacre have repeatedly returned to the \u201cconception\u201d that Hamas was deterred and could be managed.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">In coverage of lessons learned, the <em>Post<\/em> has reported senior assessments, describing how deeply those assumptions had shaped readiness and decision-making in the period leading up to the attack, even as senior officials later acknowledged the failure to challenge that view.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.yahoo.com\/news\/articles\/netanyahu-urged-cooling-arenas-days-205932515.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In one section, Channel 12 reported that Netanyahu instructed officials to promote a civilian arrangement with Hamas and expand the use of<br \/><button class=\"read-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/newssprinters.com\/index.php\/world\/netanyahu-urged-cooling-the-arenas-days-before-oct-7-classified-summary-shows\/08\/02\/2026\/\">Read More &rsaquo;<\/a><\/button><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":56558,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_seopress_robots_primary_cat":"","_seopress_titles_title":"","_seopress_titles_desc":"","_seopress_robots_index":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/s.yimg.com\/os\/en\/jerusalem_post_articles_818\/66bb19c202c71d92169758f5d56d98e0","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/newssprinters.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/56557"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/newssprinters.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/newssprinters.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newssprinters.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newssprinters.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=56557"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/newssprinters.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/56557\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newssprinters.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/56558"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/newssprinters.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=56557"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newssprinters.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=56557"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newssprinters.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=56557"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}