Tag: Shin Bet
Why the Shin Bet chief isn’t so hush-hush anymore
Enemies of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu were relieved, if not thrilled, when Shin Bet chief Nadav Argaman broke his organization’s customary silence to bemoan the behavior of those virulently opposing the makeup of the coalition-in-formation.
“We...
Israeli forces capture gunman; as terror victim dies of injuries
Israeli security forces announced the capture of a Palestinian terrorist gunman on Wednesday night, shortly after one of three Israeli students shot during a drive-by shooting died of his injuries.
Yehuda Guetta, 19, succumbed to his injuries...
Rocket fire from Gaza triggers sirens at end of Israeli Independence Day
Terrorists in the Gaza Strip fired at a rocket at southern Israel on Thursday evening, triggering warning sirens at the end of Yom Ha’azmaut, Israel’s Independence Day.
A statement by the Israel Defense Forces said...
Israel’s climbing R rate clouds plans to reopen economy
Israel’s Health Ministry on Monday reported that the COVID-19 virus’s reproduction rate had risen back to one. The increasing transmission rate calls into question government plans to gradually reopen the economy following the country’s...
How does Israel negotiate prisoner exchanges?
The return home last week of an Israeli woman who had crossed the border into Syria has brought prisoner exchanges back to the headlines. How does Israel contact parties that are holding its citizens? What are...
More than 20 Israelis suspected of selling missiles to unnamed Asian country
More than 20 Israeli citizens have been investigated on suspicion of illegally developing, manufacturing, testing and selling loitering munitions to an unnamed Asian country, the Shin Bet revealed on Thursday.
The individuals involved, who include...
Israel must study and learn from prospective Russian cyber breach of US networks
Israel’s National Cyber Directorate, which is in charge of defending critical infrastructure, needs to study every detail of the massive suspected Russian cyber breach of 250 government and private-sector networks recently uncovered in the...
Suspect in Esther Horgen murder identified as Muhammad Cabha
Israel’s Security Agency, the Shin Bet, cleared for publication on Monday the identity of the suspect in the murder of 52-year-old Esther Horgen, whose body was discovered in a Judea and Samaria forest on Dec. 20.
Muhammad...
Report: Shin Bet head hosts family members at his home in violation of lockdown
Israel Security Agency (Shin Bet) director Nadav Argaman hosted relatives at his home during the Sukkot holiday in violation of the nationwide COVID-19 lockdown currently in effect, it was reported on Tuesday.
According to Kan 11...
Shin Bet to continue COVID phone surveillance for additional 21 days
Israel’s Ministerial Committee on Intelligence Services on Wednesday extended the mandate given to the Shin Bet to trace the mobile phones of coronavirus patients as part of the epidemiological investigations held by the Health...