In aninterviewwith ABC News in December, Michael Koubi, a former officer in Shin Bet, Israel's internal security organization, said he interrogated Sinwar, while he was a prisoner, for more than 150 hours. Koubi described Sinwar as "tough" and devoid of emotions but "not a psychopat...
An initial investigation revealed thatthe terrorist was a Palestinian residentof the West Bank city of Tulkarm who had previously served a prison sentence in Israel. The Shin Bet added that the suspect was a former Shin Bet aide who had helped thwart terrorism in the West Bank. The suspect's...
"At this time, the IDF (Israel Defense Forces) and Shin Bet are striking terror targets throughout the Gaza Strip," they said in a joint statement. "The targets struck over the past few hours include terrorist cells, launch posts, weapons stockpiles and additional military infrastructure." W...
Also, in May 2021, Hamas made a number of smaller scale attempts to invade southern Israel, but the mix of forces and advanced sensors on the border helped thwart them easily. This inflated the IDF’s confidence that Hamas had no chance at pulling off even a small scale invasion. IDF tro...
Hamas as a whole, or in some cases its military wing, is designated a terrorist group by Israel, the United States, the European Union and the UK, as well as otherpowers. Hamas is backed by Iran, which funds it and provides weapons and training. ...
Israel's health service in March launched the Hamagen app, Hebrew for "the Shield," which uses a phone's GPS data and is available in five languages. But the Israeli government also allowed the Shin Bet spy agency to monitor people's phones under emergency powers, a move decried by righ...
In gematria, each Hebrew letter is represented by a number (for example, aleph = 1, bet = 2, etc.). One can then calculate the numerical value of a word by adding together the values of each letter in it. In the realm of biblical interpretation, commentators base an argument on numero...
President Reuven Rivlin warned Tuesday about the dangers of attacking the Shin Bet, and urged critics to "refrain from irresponsibly attacking those whose job it is to defend Israel's security from domestic and foreign threats." Speaking at the swearing-in ceremony of 29 new judges in Jerusalem...
PNN On Wednesday 9th January, Jerusalem Post newspaper (JPost) reported that the Shin Bet [Israel Security Agency] uncovered two cells and claimed they are allegedly behind a series of violent disturbances in the West Bank in recent weeks. IOF Claims it Nabs 2 Cells in the West Bank "He ...
Israel’s intelligence agencies have gained an aura of invincibility over the decades because of a string of intelligence achievements against its enemies both near and far.