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 attorney general’s office wrote in a legal opinion in November that the bill proposal “gives almost decisive weight to the freedom of action of Knesset members."
The hacking was conducted via phishing attempts against various individuals, including Israeli politicians, academics, and media personalities.
The indictment charged Muhammed Amash with security offenses, which include membership in a terror organization and support of it and incitement to terrorism.
The IDF and Shin Bet operated in the West Bank, where they arrested wanted individuals, demolished the home of a terrorist, and uncovered an Iranian weapons smuggling operation.
"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.
The decision was conveyed during a meeting with Shin Bet (Israel Security Agency) chief Ronen Bar.
Among the five were Gahad Mahmud Yahya Kahlot, a Nukhba company commander and Muhammed Riad Ali Okal, a Hamas company commander.
Following the strike, multiple secondary explosions were identified, which the IDF noted as indications of the presence of weapon caches in the region.
The main suspect contacted Hamas and Hezbollah for funding and support while gathering intelligence on the travel routes and security details of the minister and his son/
A controversial Knesset bill aims to create a PMO intelligence czar separate from IDF, Mossad, and Shin Bet.
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