Day 528 - What happens to security if the PM fires the Shin Bet head?

Welcome to The Times of Israel's Daily Briefing, your 20-minute
audio update on what's happening in Israel, the Middle East and
the Jewish world.


Military reporter Emanuel Fabian joins host
Amanda Borschel-Dan for today's Daily Briefing.


Yemen’s Iran-backed Houthi rebels claimed on Monday to have twice
attacked an American aircraft carrier group within 24 hours,
calling it retaliation for deadly US strikes. How is Israel
preparing for any retaliation as well?


Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu summoned Shin Bet chief Ronen
Bar for an urgent meeting in his office yesterday evening and
informed him that the cabinet would vote for his dismissal later
in the week. The role of Shin Bet chief is one of the most
important for Israel’s security. Fabian weighs in on how the
upcoming dismissal could potentially shake the country’s
deterrence or security standing and we hear who may be in the
running to replace Bar.


The Israel Defense Forces on Sunday detailed the identities of
six Palestinian terror operatives it said were killed
in airstrikes in northern Gaza’s Beit Lahiya on
Saturday, including a terrorist who participated in the October
7, 2023, onslaught. According to Palestinian media, the strikes
killed nine, including journalists. What is the IDF saying about
these allegations?


Israeli soldiers shot dead two suspects who crossed into Israel
from Jordan near the northern town of Beit She’an shortly after
midnight between Thursday and Friday. The two suspects were part
of a group of at least eight who were trying to cross into Israel
together. We hear what we know about the group's intentions in
entering Israel.


Amid the unrest in Syria, Israeli fighter jets on Thursday struck
a residential building that the military said served as a
Damascus headquarters for Palestinian Islamic Jihad to plan and
carry out terror activities. Fabian delves into the IDF's current
approach to nipping Palestinian terror groups in the bud in
tumultuous Syria.


The IDF has taken a platoon of reservists out of the Gaza Strip
after a video posted to social media showed the troops opening
fire during the reading of the Book of Esther. Yesterday, the
reservists were sentenced. Does the punishment fit the crime?


Please see today's ongoing liveblog for
more updates.


For further reading:


Houthis claim 2 attacks on USS Truman; US strikes said to
target seized Israel-linked ship


Air Force on high alert for resumption of Houthi missile,
drone attacks on Israel


Netanyahu says he’ll fire Shin Bet chief Bar; AG says he
can’t before legal review


IDF: Oct. 7 terrorist and others ‘operating under guise
of journalists’ killed in Gaza


IDF troops shoot dead two suspects trying to cross into
Israel from Jordan


IDF strikes alleged Islamic Jihad nerve center in
Damascus, said to be leader’s house


IDF removes reservists from Gaza over video of them
shooting during Purim scroll reading


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IMAGE: Illustrative: Ronen Bar, chief of Israel's domestic Shin
Bet security agency, attends a ceremony marking Memorial Day for
fallen soldiers of Israel's wars and victims of attacks at
Jerusalem's Mount Herzl military cemetery, May 13, 2024. (Gil
Cohen-Magen/Pool photo via AP)


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