Months before Oct 7, PM rejected Shin Bet chief’s call for proactive measures against Hamas appeared first on The Times of Israel.

As one of Netanyahu’s closest advisers, the 54-year-old Dermer played a central role in negotiating the ceasefire with Hamas and in securing US backing for Israel’s coordinated strikes on Iran’s nuclear infrastructure.

Mediators are trying to negotiate the exit of scores of fighters believed to hiding in a southern area of Gaza under Israeli control.

A prosecutor in Istanbul issued an arrest warrant for Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and 36 other people for an alleged genocide in Gaza.

Ron Dermer, 54, was born in the US and started working as a Benjamin Netanyahu adviser in 2003. He was Israel’s economic counselor in Washington.