*Returns Empty-Handed
*Israeli Internal Police Confirms Development
*’They Located, Surveilled His Florida Home, Movements Preparatory To Strike’
Israeli internal security agency, the Shin Bet, confirmed an Iranian threat against Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s son, Yair, on Saturday (yesterday) after reports circulated following his quick evacuation from Florida back to Israel.
Shin Bet, also called the Shabak, much like the US FBI, works inside Israel and the Palestinian territories with its mandate being to stop domestic terror plots, handles counterintelligence, and protects top leaders.
“There was indeed a significant threat to harm Yair Netanyahu, and in light of this, following a situation assessment, a decision was made to extract him together with his security team urgently back to Israel,” the Shin Bet stated.
The original report about the Iranian threat was published on the Boca Raton-based Newsmax website on Tuesday, citing a US law enforcement source allegedly familiar with the situation.
The report stated that Israeli intelligence discovered an Iranian plot in December to assassinate Yair in Florida and passed a warning to US authorities.
The US source told Newsmax that, according to the intelligence assessment, Iranian operatives were already “on the ground” in the Miami area and had even conducted surveillance on Yair’s residence and movements.
Yair, who is accompanied by close Israeli security at all times, was instructed to leave the location immediately.
According to the report, he left without taking his belongings and returned directly to Israel, where he currently lives.
Netanyahu Speaks On Threat Against His Son
Last week, Prime Minister Netanyahu revealed in an interview with Channel 14 that Iran had attempted to assassinate one of his sons, but declined to say whether the target was Yair or Avner.
“There is something here that is unimaginable,” Netanyahu said. “Iran marked one of my sons. Iran tried to murder him – tried to murder one of my sons.”
Recall that following the US/Israel missile attacks which killed Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei on 28 February this year, at his funeral the Iranian state vowed retaliation.
*PHOTO CAPTION: Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (2nd right) and his wife Sara tour in Tel Gezer and Magshimim Forest together with their sons Yair (left) and Avner (right), during the Jewish holiday of Sukkot, 21 October.
