A US National Security Council spokesperson claimed the Arab plan "does not address the fact that Gaza is uninhabitable."
Israel’s top domestic security agency ignored signs Hamas would attack in October 2023 and its attempts to thwart threats were not implemented, its inquiry has found.
Should Netanyahu decide to propose a motion to dismiss Bar, Attorney General Baharav-Meara intends to reject the move before it even takes place.
The Shin Bet chief’s capacity for hubris is astonishing, especially since it appears that his hubris was a major cause of the worst pogrom since the Holocaust.
The Shin Bet said that it had disregarded intelligence from Gaza about a planned Hamas raid, but also that government policies may have emboldened the militants to attack.
On January 11, 2025, the fighters of the Shin Bet’s operational unit, IDF fighters and Yamam fighters from the Samaria Brigade arrested the terrorists Ahmed Ali Zakharna and Tarek Abu Zeid, in Schehem (Nablus) while they were traveling in their vehicle on the way to carry out an attack.
The October 7 attack by Hamas on Israeli territories near the Gaza Strip didn't come out of the blue, Israel's internal agency has revealed, adding it had warned Prime Minister BenjaminNetanyahu at least five months in advance about it.
Qatar on Wednesday lambasted a probe by Israel’s Shin Bet security agency that named the Gulf state’s money to Gaza over the years as having contributed to Hamas’s buildup of its forces for the October 7,
A blind-spot for the Shin Bet was its belief on the eve of October 7 that Hamas might be focused on an attack in the West Bank.