Shin Bet confirms spiriting Yair Netanyahu back from Miami due to threat

Yair Netanyahu, son of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, was urgently evacuated from Miami, Florida, back to Israel due to a significant threat to his safety. The Shin Bet security agency confirmed that there was a concrete threat against Yair, although it did not specify the nature of the threat or who was behind it.

According to the Jerusalem Post, citing a US law enforcement source, Israeli intelligence discovered an Iranian plot in December to assassinate Yair in Florida. The source claimed that Iranian operatives were already in the Miami area, conducting surveillance on Yair's residence and movements. Yair was accompanied by close Israeli security at all times and was instructed to leave the location immediately, returning directly to Israel.

The evacuation was prompted by intelligence on a concrete threat, as reported by Arutz Sheva - Israel National News. Prime Minister Netanyahu had previously stated that Iran had attempted to kill one of his sons, although he did not identify which one. Newsmax, a right-wing US network, cited an anonymous source in reporting that Yair Netanyahu was the intended target of the assassination attempt.

Brief written by urgent.news from The Times of Israel, Haaretz, Arutz Sheva - Israel National News, Jerusalem Post — 4 reports on this story. Machine-written — may contain errors; check the original before relying on it.