Ronen Bar is the current head of the Shin Bet (Israel Security Agency), the country's primary internal security service.
The Shin Bet also revealed that SIM cards and sensors along the border were activated ahead of time but were ignored.
Bar also said that he intends to ensure that a state investigation committee into the October 7 attacks is established.
The recent developments in the hostage deal talks are "the result of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s decision to change the composition of the negotiation team," the official was cited as saying.
The grand plan: To force out Ronen Bar along with already ousted IDF chief Halevi.
To all the hostages who hear me now, know that the fight is ongoing, and we are not giving up on you," Aloni said.
Alongside the senior General Staff officers, the list of officers who may retire from the IDF is reportedly quite long.
Nevertheless, Bar admitted that releasing terrorists, some of whom he personally arrested, was "very difficult."
Bar also said that the release of terrorists is expected to increase the motivation to carry out attacks in the West Bank.
"If the Chief of Staff and the Shin Bet chief are working around the clock in a conflict that has lasted over a year, how can they be subjected to such baseless attacks?" Cohen asked.
According to the sources, Netanyahu discussed this possibility following the flares that were fired near his home in Caesarea on Saturday.
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