Netanyahu's Oct. 7 Phone Call to IDF Chief Took Place Three Hours After Attack Began
The new PMO timeline says Netanyahu was first told at 6:29 a.m. and sealed the Gaza border at 9:55 a.m., intensifying scrutiny of his response.
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3 hours without speaking to IDF chief, border sealed only at 9:55: Netanyahu’s Oct. 7
Prime Minister’s Office releases new timeline that differs from a previously published diary, showing Netanyahu ordered a full border closure more than three hours after first being told of the attack
The account of the head of the occupation government criminal Benjamin Netanyahu about the early hours of the October 7, 2023 operation received a new blow, after information from the official Hebrew broadcaster "was 11" revealed that Netanyahu received two telephone calls at 6:29 and 6:40 a.m., but he did not speak to the then Chief of Staff of the Army, Hercie Halevi, until 9:45, during an assessment of the situation.
According to this timetable, the first conversation between the Head of Government and the Chief of the Genstab Gerzie A-Levie took place at about 09:55 – more than three hours after the outbreak of the war.
According to the Prime Minister's Office, at the end of his conversation with Halevi, Netanyahu gave operational instructions for the first time. It was also written that he spoke with Gallant around 7:30 AM, while he was driving to the village.
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