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Braverman is suspected of having altered the documented time when Netanyahu first received an update on the attack via a telephone call from his military secretary at the time, Major General Avi Gil.

But junta spokesperson Major General Zaw Min Tun told the BBC "there could be a delay if the necessary documents are incomplete".

In April, previous prime minster Rishi Sunak announced that Major General Gwyn Jones, of the Royal Marines, would be replacing Sir Tim Barrow as national security adviser in the summer.

He began his career as a navy commando in 1977 and rose to be a major general in Israel’s Southern Command, overseeing two wars in Gaza between 2005 and 2010.

Retired Egyptian Major General Dr Samir Faraj, now a commentator on military strategy, said Israel’s aim was “psychological warfare… paving the road is a media war, a war in which Israel sends a message to different parties that they will not leave.“