Shea Levin — text status

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Yashar chairman Gadi Eisenkot are scheduled to meet Thursday at the Prime Minister’s Office in Yerushalayim for a security briefing, following a heated exchange over the caretaker government’s authority to launch military operations. Eisenkot called on Netanyahu to avoid non-urgent military action until a new government is formed and requested a legal review by the Attorney General. Netanyahu’s office accused him of politicizing national security, but the two sides subsequently agreed to a direct meeting.