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Yashar: Shin Bet informed us that Eisenkot will receive security detail from tomorrow morning

By Lazar Berman 24 October 2026, 8:23 pm
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Yashar chair Gadi Eisenkot speaks with his security guard as he prepares to deliver a campaign speech on the Israel-Gaza border, October 15, 2026. (AP Photo/Ariel Schalit)
Yashar chair Gadi Eisenkot speaks with his security guard as he prepares to deliver a campaign speech on the Israel-Gaza border, October 15, 2026. (AP Photo/Ariel Schalit)

The Shin Bet domestic intelligence service tells Yashar that it will begin providing protection for party chairman Gadi Eisenkot tomorrow morning, according to the party.

Eisenkot will be protected by a private company that is directly operated by the Shin Bet’s Unit 730, which provides security details to top Israeli officials.

Yashar party chairman Gadi Eisenkot visits the Western Wall in Jerusalem’s Old City, five days before Israel’s general elections, October 22, 2026. (Chaim Goldberg/Flash90)

The Shin Bet doesn’t respond to a request for comment.

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