Shin Bet Director David Zini, at the scene of Friday's terror attack in Samaria, acknowledged the service's failure to prevent the attack despite thwarting dozens in recent months. He ordered intensified intelligence collection and offensive operations against terrorist infrastructure, and urged the public to trust security forces and not take the law into their own hands.
Shin Bet Director David Zini visited the scene of Friday's terror attack in Samaria and acknowledged the service's failure to prevent it, despite thwarting dozens of attacks in recent months. In a statement released by the Shin Bet spokesperson, Zini described the attack as "severe and painful" and said it had exacted a heavy toll. He ordered an increase in intelligence collection and offensive operations against terrorist infrastructure in the area.
Earlier reports from the scene, published at 15:19 Jerusalem, had Zini holding a situational assessment with IDF commanders and calling on the public to trust the security forces and not take the law into their own hands. Those initial accounts, carried by Army Radio and N12, did not include an explicit admission of failure. The Shin Bet's own statement later expanded the record, adding the admission and the order for intensified operations.
As The Zioneer reported on June 27, the Judea and Samaria District Commander warned of a potential "October 7" scenario in the West Bank, highlighting the risk of a large-scale assault. The Shin Bet chief's visit and admission come amid ongoing security assessments, including a separate investigation by the IDF Chief of Staff at the scene of a previous terror attack earlier this month.
The full details of Friday's attack, including the number of casualties and the circumstances of the assault, remain under investigation. The Shin Bet has not yet released further information on the perpetrators or the specific intelligence failures that Zini acknowledged.
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