Ronen Cohen, chairman of the Advisory Committee for the Security of Personalities, revealed on i24 that a Hezbollah assassination cell had already reached the floor beneath Yair Netanyahu's house in Miami before being foiled by the Shin Bet. The statement follows the elimination of Iran's Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei, which Cohen said prompted the plot.
On Sunday, Lt. Col. (res.) Ronen Cohen, chairman of the Advisory Committee for the Security of Personalities, revealed in an interview on i24 that a Hezbollah assassination cell had reached the floor beneath Yair Netanyahu's Miami home before being foiled by the Shin Bet. Cohen linked the plot to the recent elimination of Iran's Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei, stating that the cell was dispatched to Miami after that operation. The Shin Bet has not publicly commented on the claim.
The Zioneer first reported on Friday at 20:33 Jerusalem that Cohen had disclosed to the cabinet that an assassination attempt on a member of the Netanyahu family was foiled at the last minute. Minutes later, Cohen identified Yair Netanyahu as the target and attributed the plot to Hezbollah. A subsequent report added that the cell had reached the floor below Netanyahu's apartment before the Shin Bet intervened, and Cohen then confirmed the attempt was foiled 'at the last moment.' All details derive from a single source — Cohen himself — and no independent corroboration has emerged.
As The Zioneer reported on July 6, Defense Minister Israel Katz confirmed that Israel eliminated Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei. Hezbollah-affiliated delegations traveled to Tehran for Khamenei's funeral in early July (The Zioneer, July 3). The Zioneer also covered an unverified report on July 8 that Khamenei was killed at his home.
What remains open: The Shin Bet has not confirmed or commented on the operation. No independent source has corroborated Cohen's account. The precise timing of the cell's interception and the extent of the threat remain unverified.
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