YnetnewsSecurity16:22

Netanyahu Accuses Ex-Shin Bet Chief of 'Crimes' and Foreknowledge of Oct. 7 Danger

By Itamar Eichner

CenterCharged tone

English · 8 newsrooms covering

Plus

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu denied receiving Egyptian warnings before the October 7 Hamas attack and accused former Shin Bet chief Ronen Bar of "crimes" and knowing about the "real danger" without informing him. Netanyahu also alleged foreign actors were behind accusations aimed at his government.

The story in 5 lines · by baba

Netanyahu denies receiving Egyptian warnings before Oct. 7 attack.
He accuses former Shin Bet chief Ronen Bar of "crimes" and foreknowledge.
Netanyahu claims Bar failed to update him on "real danger" before the assault.
The prime minister alleges foreign actors are behind accusations against him.
Netanyahu plans to sue over a report about Egyptian warnings.

Ynetnews publishes in English. The key points are summarized above. Read Ynetnews’s full report from the link at the top of the page.

The coverage

8 newsrooms on this story

How it broke

See which of the 8 newsrooms broke it, and who waited

Who covered it

LeftNone
Centre3
RightNone
HarediNone
Arab2
Other3

Not in the Left, Right or Haredi press

Who reports what

What this report attributes

Egypt had conveyed several warnings to Israel before October 7, including through then-Egyptian intelligence chief Abbas Kamel.per The Wall Street Journal
Prime Minister Netanyahu neither met nor spoke with Abbas Kamel, who at the time headed Egypt’s General Intelligence Service, and no Israeli intelligence official conveyed an Egyptian warning to the prime minister.per Benjamin Netanyahu
Ronen Bar decided not to call and update the prime minister, not to alert the local security teams and IDF forces in the field, not to evacuate the Nova festival, and only to send a small Tequila team, which proves that he knew there was a real danger.per Benjamin Netanyahu

How we measure this

Open full coverage

YnetnewsCentre · Rishon LeZion