Deputy Minister Blames Former Shin Bet Chief for October 7th Massacre
Translated & summarized from Now 14 by baba
Deputy Minister Almog Cohen accused former Shin Bet Chief Ronen Bar of direct responsibility for the October 7th massacre, citing a report of a prior warning. The report claims a former Shin Bet agent alerted superiors to suspicious Hamas activity on October 5, 2023, but this information allegedly did not reach Prime Minister Netanyahu. Both the Shin Bet and Bar have denied the accusations.
The story in 5 lines · by baba
- Deputy Minister Almog Cohen blames former Shin Bet Chief Ronen Bar for the October 7th massacre.
- A former Shin Bet agent claims he warned of Hamas activity two days before the attack.
- The agent alleges the warning reached the Shin Bet chief but not Prime Minister Netanyahu.
- Cohen demanded Bar be imprisoned for life for his alleged role in the failures.
- Both the Shin Bet and Ronen Bar have strongly denied the allegations.
Deputy Minister Almog Cohen has sharply criticized former Shin Bet Chief Ronen Bar, holding him directly responsible for the "Simchat Torah massacre" on October 7th. Cohen's remarks came in response to a Channel 14 report alleging that a former Shin Bet agent had warned of unusual activity in the Gaza Strip two days before the Hamas attack.
Cohen stated on social media that the report was "shattering but not surprising." He accused Bar, who was the head of the Shin Bet at the time, of being directly responsible for the massacre, despite knowing about five warning signs. Cohen demanded that Bar be imprisoned for life, adding that those who "chose to violate the democratic order and became decision-makers overnight will feel the full force of democracy."
The Channel 14 report, by military correspondent Hillel Biton Rosen, featured claims from a former Shin Bet agent who served for 37 years. The agent asserted that on October 5, 2023, he passed on a warning about suspicious Hamas actions in Gaza. According to the agent, this information reached the then-Shin Bet chief but was not relayed to Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. The agent also claimed to have received threats from within the service after the attack.
Both the Shin Bet and Ronen Bar have vehemently denied these allegations.
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