Shin Bet

The Mossad is leading the investigation into an extraordinary incident on a flight from Dubai, while the Shin Bet will question passengers when they return to Israel. Authorities are also examining whether this was an attempted terror attack, as security procedures for the airline's flights at Ben-Gurion Airport have been tightened.

The Shin Bet rejected requests from Gadi Eisenkot and Yair Golan for personal security details. It will allow private security firms they hire to carry weapons and will provide intelligence support and ongoing threat monitoring.

The Shin Bet says publishing Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s visit to Abu Dhabi endangered him, his wife, and the delegation, while exposing secret operational methods. The Prime Minister’s Office is demanding that Channel 12 be held accountable.

The director general of the Population and Immigration Authority said officials have begun examining whether to revoke the citizenship of “Naza” filmmakers Yuval Avraham and Rachel Shor. Culture and Sports Minister Miki Zohar has also asked the Shin Bet to investigate the sources of the film’s materials.

The IDF and Shin Bet said Na'el Abu Ubeid, the Rafah Brigade commander and head of operations for Hamas's military wing, was killed in a vehicle strike in Gaza. Defense Minister Israel Katz: "No terrorist is immune, and Hamas will not be in Gaza."

The Shin Bet and Israel Police arrested about 12 wanted suspects and uncovered a terror network. In Hebron, the IDF and Shin Bet detained 20 suspects, including a group of minors allegedly planning stone-throwing and Molotov cocktail attacks.

A man in his 30s from Husniyya was arrested in a joint police and Shin Bet investigation on suspicion of identifying with ISIS. Investigators say he watched tutorials on combat, weapons use, missile and drone production, and trained in preparation for joining the organization abroad.

The Shin Bet confirmed that a significant threat against Yair Netanyahu led to the decision to bring him back to Israel urgently. According to reports, security teams accompanying President Isaac Herzog to New York were called in to help extract him and get him quickly to the airport.

Russian officials are asking the UN to intervene in the case of historian Artyom Kirpichyonok. His associates say he was detained by the Shin Bet, while activists say no reason for his detention has been made public and no charges have been filed.

The Shin Bet and National Cyber Directorate are warning of a new wave of Iranian phishing attempts targeting journalists and media professionals in Israel. Attackers pose as journalists in an effort to access sources, correspondence, work materials, and sensitive information.

The Jerusalem Center for Foreign Affairs and Security has released a new study finding that the Palestinian Authority’s “pay for murder” policy extends beyond payments to imprisoned terrorists, including salaries, jobs, and benefits for those released from prison.

Shin Bet chief David Zini warned in talks with senior Israeli officials that Russia and China, alongside Iran, are working to influence the elections.

Shin Bet Director David Zini warned in conversations with several officials about Iranian efforts to disrupt Israel’s elections. The Knesset Intelligence Subcommittee held a closed-door meeting with Central Elections Committee Chair Justice Noam Sohlberg and senior Shin Bet officials.

After a sustained intelligence and operational effort by the IDF, Shin Bet, and police, all those involved in the attack on a soldier in Susiya and the theft of his weapon have been apprehended. The weapon was found early in the manhunt, and the final suspect turned himself in to Civil Administration forces.

The father of 4-year-old Yuval Kogan reported this afternoon that his son disappeared in the dunes by the beach in Ashkelon while the two were out walking. Police, with the help of volunteers, are searching on land and at sea. The Shin Bet has been asked to assist.

The Mossad said that, working alongside the Shin Bet and intelligence and security services around the world, it thwarted an Iranian attempt to infiltrate a terror cell into Israel. International investigations exposed the network and the figure behind it: a French citizen and senior Iranian intelligence operative who was killed in Operation "Rising Lion."

The IDF and Shin Bet said three Hamas terrorists were killed in a strike in northern Gaza, including one who took part in the October 7 massacre and was involved in advancing terror plans in the naval arena.

In an overnight operation in the Binyamin area, Duvdevan soldiers arrested two wanted Palestinians accused of manufacturing explosives for attacks on IDF forces.

An IDF soldier was sentenced to five years in prison after being convicted of contact with an Iranian agent and sending videos in exchange for payment.

Israeli forces killed a Hamas terrorist involved in the October 7 kidnappings, along with a senior Palestinian Islamic Jihad weapons production commander and a Hamas sniper in targeted operations across the Gaza Strip