Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has been in office for the past few months. He has been working in a heavily secured underground room since a Hezbollah drone attack on his home in the Mediterranean coastal city of Caesarea on October 19. He has even postponed his son Avon's wedding date due to the security crisis.
This information was reported by the country's media, The Times of Israel, on Sunday, citing the Israeli broadcaster Channel-12. Channel 12 reports that Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is currently doing most of his work from a secure underground room under the Prime Minister's Office.
According to the report, since the Hezbollah attack on his house in Caesarea, he has not been working normally in his designated room located upstairs in the prime minister's office. Channel-12 said that he took this action according to the instructions of the Israeli security officials.
The report also said Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu told his colleagues he had been advised to stay in a heavily secured underground chamber and was told to avoid known 'fixed places' due to the risk of drone and other attacks.
On October 19, an explosive drone of Hezbollah from Lebanon hit Netanyahu's house. Netanyahu was not present at the time of the attack. However, his bedroom window was not damaged in the drone attack.
New security protocols are likely the reason for the recent rescheduling of cabinet meetings and the postponement of Netanyahu's son Avon's wedding date, the report said. However, sources said that this wedding is not being arranged very soon.
Meanwhile, Netanyahu's lawyers have appealed to postpone his scheduled testimony in several cases against him. There are three corruption cases against him. Lawyers said that if he repeatedly appeared in the same place, there would be a risk to his safety. According to reports, there is no safe room or bomb shelter in the court. Netanyahu's testimony is scheduled to begin on December 2.
