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Report of rift between Netanyahu and army chief denied

RTE26 October 2026, 08:14 UTCIsrael

Defence Minister Israel Katz has said that reports of a rift between Israel's army and its civilian leaders over fresh action in the war with Iran were 'entirely baseless'.

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