Shin Bet chief Ronen Bar in recordings revealed tonight on the Kan public broadcaster says that the intelligence agency
“The cabinet set a goal for us, to take out Hamas. And we are determined to do it, this is our Munich,” he can be heard saying in the recordings, appearing to reference the Israeli operation to assassinate the terrorists responsible for the 1972 Munich Olympic attacks, which went on for a number of years.
“In every location, in Gaza, in the West Bank, in Lebanon, in Turkey, in Qatar, everyone,” he continues. “It will take a few years, but we will be there in order to do it.”
Bar admits that the intelligence agency failed in its mission ahead of the Hamas October 7 onslaught, but the Shin Bet “is now on an upward trend,” and already learning the lessons of the failures of that day and putting them into operation.
The Shin Bet chief says the threats against Israel over the past year “are unprecedented,” many of which are not known to the public.
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