Israel’s Shin Bet security agency has confirmed that Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s son, Yair Netanyahu, faced a “significant” threat from Iran, which led to his urgent return from the US to Israel.
The security agency confirmed the evacuation but did not reveal what the threat was or identify those behind it. A US law enforcement source was quoted as saying Iranian operatives were believed to be in the Miami area and had monitored Yair’s movements. “There is something here that is unimaginable. Iran marked one of my sons. He did not reveal whether Yair or his other son, Avner, was the target.
Channel 12 reported that Shin Bet agents were moved from New York to Miami to assist with the emergency evacuation. Iran tried to murder him – tried to murder one of my sons,” Netanyahu said in an interview with Channel 14.
Yair was in Florida when Israeli authorities decided to move him back to Israel along with his security team, following a security assessment, according to the Jerusalem Post . Israeli intelligence alerted US authorities after receiving information about the alleged plot, according to the report. The Shin Bet, however, has not said that Iran was responsible for the threat. The agents had been accompanying Israeli President Isaac Herzog during his US visit, according to The Times of Israel . The latest report comes after Benjamin Netanyahu last week said that Iran had attempted to assassinate one of his sons.
