The Shin Bet (Israel Security Agency) is the Jewish state's primary internal security service, focusing primarily on internal security, exposing terrorist rings, and intelligence efforts in the West Bank and Gaza Strip.
Also known as the Shabak, it makes up one of the three arms of Israel's intelligence community, alongside the Mossad (foreign intelligence) and Aman (military intelligence).
Like the Mossad, despite being a security agency, the Shin Bet does not operate under the Defense Ministry and instead answers to the prime minister.
The current head of the Shin Bet is Ronen Bar, appointed in 2021 by then-prime minister Naftali Bennett.
As soon as the security forces discovered the emerging terrorist organization, a divisional effort began with the cooperation of intelligence units, the Shin Bet and the Border Police.
Since the beginning of the war, about 4,000 wanted persons have been arrested throughout the West Bank, about 1,700 of whom are associated with the terrorist organization Hamas.
Al Jazeera's legal team was preparing a response in anticipation of a possible court appeal against the decision.
Salah Jamil Muhammad Emad, the head of combat assistance in the al-Bureij battalion, was eliminated in a joint operation between the IDF and the Shin Bet.
The operation, which took place over 12 hours in the Tulkarm area of the West Bank, saw five terrorists killed by IDF troops and others arrested.
In addition, the Mossad wrote about its contribution to negotiations which led to the return of over 80 hostages in November.
Guided by intelligence gathered by the Shin Bet (Israel Security Agency), the forces could enter Nablus secretly and locate the suspect.
The suspected terrorist in question is 21-year-old Ahmed Duabsha, a resident of the village of Duma, in the West Bank.
UK-based Daily Mail claims Israel concerned less than one-third of hostages taken October 7 left alive in Gaza; Shin Bet denies report.
Border Police in Jerusalem, along with other forces and Shin Bet intelligence, arrested a wanted individual planning an imminent attack, transferring him for further investigation
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