Fearing Iran's retaliation, Netanyahu wants increased security for the boy in the US

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Fearing Iran's retaliation, Netanyahu wants increased security for the boy
Yari and Benjamin Netanyahu

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has requested increased security for his son in the United States amid concerns over Iranian retaliation following the assassination last month of Hamas political chief Ismail Haniyeh.

Yair Netanyahu, 33, has been living in Miami, Florida since April 2023 under the protection of Israel's internal security service Shin Bet.

Netanyahu recently asked for security measures to be tightened for Yair out of fear that Iran and its proxies' response to Haniyeh's killing could be to target Israeli figures and assets abroad, Channel 12 noted.

Israeli media cited unnamed sources close to Netanyahu as saying that the director general of the Prime Minister's Office, Yossi Shelley, recently approached the Shin Bet's Personal Security Advisory Committee to request a review of the level of security surrounding Yair.

The sources added that the advisory committee has sought intelligence material to justify increased security.

In March of this year, it was reported that keeping Netanyahu's son's son in a luxury apartment complex in Miami, with a driver and bodyguard from the elite Shin Bet Unit 730, costs the Jewish state about $55,000 a month. .

According to Israeli media, it is unclear why his security is covered by Unit 730, which is tasked with guarding only the seven top public officials in Israel: the president, prime minister, defense minister, foreign minister, Knesset speaker, leader of the opposition and the president of the Supreme Court. Other protected people are guarded by the lower ranking unit, the Magen.


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