The Shin Bet (Israel Security Agency) is the Jewish state's primary internal security service, focusing primarily on internal security, exposing terrorist rings, and intelligence efforts in the West Bank and Gaza Strip.
Also known as the Shabak, it makes up one of the three arms of Israel's intelligence community, alongside the Mossad (foreign intelligence) and Aman (military intelligence).
Like the Mossad, despite being a security agency, the Shin Bet does not operate under the Defense Ministry and instead answers to the prime minister.
The current head of the Shin Bet is Ronen Bar, appointed in 2021 by then-prime minister Naftali Bennett.
IDF and Shin Bet reports exposed strategic blind spots in Israel’s October 7 defense.
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"Bar must think the public is stupid," Ben-Gvir wrote, adding, "the Shin Bet itself was the one that blocked the worsening of conditions for terrorists in prison."
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.
The statement came following the Shin Bet release of its probe into the massacre on Tuesday.
The Shin Bet also revealed that SIM cards and sensors along the border were activated ahead of time but were ignored.
During the operation, Border Police, together with IDF soldiers, killed two additional terrorists and arrested three wanted individuals.
Bar also said that he intends to ensure that a state investigation committee into the October 7 attacks is established.
Englman argued that the IDF and Shin Bet conducting investigations separately rather than collaborating results in an incomplete picture of the failures of October 7.
The investigation revealed that Bokobza initiated the contact with the Iranian agent, knowing he may harm state security.
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