The Latest Breaking News from Shin Bet

Convicted killer turned tech whiz confronts his sordid past

His partners tout him as a successful case of rehabilitation and second chances: When he was 20 years old, Harel Hershtik planned and executed a murder

The Independent UK · May 16, 2022

Israel Says Iran Tried to Recruit Agents via Social Media

Israel's internal security agency on Monday accused Iran of using a fake Facebook profile to try and get Israelis to collect information and harm people in their country.

Asharq Al-Awsat · May 3, 2022

Israel Reveals Iranian Assassination Plots, Convinces Biden to Keep IRGC on Terror List

The Israeli Intelligence Services recently interrogated an Iranian national on Iranian soil who confessed to a plot to assassinate an Israeli diplomat, a US general, and a French journalist, according to diplomatic sources in Tel Aviv. The investigation's results were crucial in convincing US President Joe Biden to decide on…

Asharq Al-Awsat · May 2, 2022

Israeli forces shoot Palestinian they say killed two in Tel Aviv bar

A Palestinian who killed two people in a Tel Aviv bar was shot to death on Friday by Israeli security forces after an hours-long manhunt through the city.

Reuters · Apr 8, 2022

Israel Arrests Hezbollah Cell Plotting to Kidnap Israelis

Four Arab Israelis arrested last month were indicted on Sunday over their ties to Lebanon’s Hezbollah. Four of them are residents of northern Israel's Galilee, the Shin Bet security service and the police disclosed. According to the Shin Bet, they were asked to smuggle weapons into Israel and to establish…

Asharq Al-Awsat · Mar 21, 2022

Israeli Intelligence Arrests Hamas Cell in Jerusalem

The Israeli intelligence (Shin Bet) arrested a Palestinian cell in Jerusalem that transferred $250,000 from Turkey to finance alleged terrorist activities and pay families of martyrs and prisoners. The Israeli Public Prosecution has submitted an indictment to a court in Jerusalem against four citizens from Sur Baher and Beit Hanina,…

Asharq Al-Awsat · Mar 19, 2022

Dubai, Tel Aviv Resume Flights After Agreeing on Security Arrangements

The Israeli security agency, the Shin Bet, announced an agreement between Abu Dhabi and Tel Aviv on the security arrangement to allow Israeli airlines to resume a full schedule of flights to Dubai. Non-stop flights will resume on Sunday, with about 12 daily trips between Tel Aviv and Dubai. Last…

Asharq Al-Awsat · Mar 5, 2022

Israel, UAE reach security deal to allow all flights, Israeli agency says

Israel and the United Arab Emirates agreed a security arrangement that will allow Israeli airlines to resume a full schedule of flights to Dubai, the Shin Bet security agency said on Friday.

Reuters · Mar 4, 2022

Israel upholds use of surveillance technology on protesters

Israel’s attorney general has upheld the Shin Bet security agency’s use of mobile-phone tracking technology to monitor and threaten Palestinian protesters at Jerusalem’s most sensitive holy site last year

The Independent UK · Feb 2, 2022