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.
The arrest of 73-year-old Motti Maman from Ashkelon for allegedly spying for Iran, including planning attacks in Israel, was revealed following a joint Shin Bet and police operation.
The most precisely targeted anti-terrorist operation in history has shattered Hezbollah’s communication networks—and their minds.
The Shin Bet unveiled an Iranian assassination plot targeting PM Benjamin Netanyahu, Defense Minister Yoav Gallant, and Shin Bet Director Ronen Bar.
The Shin Bet said in a statement on Tuesday that it had seized an explosive device attached to a remote detonation system.
Hezbollah was caught off-guard by a cyberattack on the Lebanon terrorist organization pagers that wounded thousands of members.
Hezbollah members were wounded in Beirut after their communication pagers exploded on Tuesday.
The Shin Bet agency did not name the official. It said in a statement that it had seized an explosive device attached to a remote detonation system that Hezbollah had planned to operate remotely.
Security forces also killed a terrorist who threw explosive devices and dismantled a vehicle rigged with explosives.
Police allege that crucial security warnings about a potential Hamas attack were withheld overnight, raising questions about missed opportunities to prevent the Nova music festival massacre.
Argaman explained that there is no connection between the smuggling of ammunition to Gaza and the Philadelphi corridor, as Netanyahu claimed in his speech.
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