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Following hair salon siege, Shin Bet to take over guarding Sara Netanyahu
Sara Netanyahu attends a memorial ceremony for Benjamin Netanyahu's brother, Yoni Netanyahu, at the Mount Herzl Military Cemetery, in Jerusalem, on June 16, 2021. (Olivier Fitoussi/Flash90)
A ministerial panel votes to transfer the job of securing the wife and children of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu from a special police unit to the Shin Bet security agency.
The move comes four days after Sara Netanyahu was trapped inside a Tel Aviv hair salon for several hours while hundreds of protesters gathered outside, preventing her from leaving.
Yair Netanyahu, 31, and Avner Netanyahu, 28, will also be protected by the Shin Bet moving forward. The move does not appear to apply to Netanyahu’s oldest daughter, Noa, who is in limited contact with her father and less known to the public.
