Netanyahu's security detail involved in scandal in central Tel Aviv

Before Benjamin Netanyahu's press conference on a Tel Aviv beach, the prime minister's armed security guards demanded that vacationers leave the area. The incident occurred on Monday, August 24, ahead of a speech dedicated to the search for the Altalena. Fighters from the Shin Bet's Unit 730 were clearing the beach section.

Before a press conference by Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on a Tel Aviv beach, an incident involving his personal security detail occurred. Security personnel, armed with weapons, demanded that people present leave the area. The incident took place on Monday, August 24, ahead of the prime minister's speech dedicated to the search for the Altalena. To ensure security, fighters from the Shin Bet's Unit 730 began clearing the beach section of vacationers. The event drew additional attention in light of another incident involving Netanyahu's security detail that occurred a few days earlier on the Ayalon Highway, where the government convoy was stuck in traffic and one of the officers took a position with an M4 rifle.