The Shin Bet confirmed Saturday evening that Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's son Yair was urgently returned to Israel from Miami after a security assessment identified 'a significant threat to harm' him. The agency said the decision was made to extract him along with his security team. US outlet Newsmax reported that intelligence agencies believed Iranian agents were on the ground conducting surveillance on the prime minister's son.
The Shin Bet's statement, published Saturday evening, marks the first official acknowledgment from the Israeli security establishment of an Iranian assassination plot targeting Yair Netanyahu. The agency stated that a security assessment identified "a significant threat to harm Yair Netanyahu," leading to the decision to urgently extract him from Miami along with his security team.
The Zioneer has been tracking this story since initial unverified reports on July 19, followed by a bulletin at 06:09 today detailing Shin Bet's earlier disclosure that an Iranian cell had conducted surveillance in Miami. The formal statement now corroborates and expands on those reports.
US outlet Newsmax reported Wednesday that intelligence agencies believed Iranian agents had been on the ground conducting surveillance on Netanyahu's movements prior to the extraction. The reports have not been independently verified outside the Shin Bet and Newsmax accounts.
The incident underscores the ongoing threat from Iran targeting Israeli officials and their families.
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