{"id":112860,"date":"2026-09-01T10:42:16","date_gmt":"2026-09-01T10:42:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pakistaninewspaperlist.com\/news\/israeli-security-agency-chief-on-secret-washington-visit-for-sensitive-talks-with-fbi-report-the-express-tribune\/"},"modified":"2026-09-01T10:42:16","modified_gmt":"2026-09-01T10:42:16","slug":"israeli-security-agency-chief-on-secret-washington-visit-for-sensitive-talks-with-fbi-report-the-express-tribune","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pakistaninewspaperlist.com\/news\/israeli-security-agency-chief-on-secret-washington-visit-for-sensitive-talks-with-fbi-report-the-express-tribune\/","title":{"rendered":"Israeli security agency chief on secret Washington visit for ‘sensitive’ talks with FBI: report | The Express Tribune"},"content":{"rendered":"

Shin Bet head visit comes days after PM Netanyahu\u2019s son urgently evacuated from US over security threat<\/p>\n

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The head of Israel\u2019s Shin Bet security agency secretly travelled to Washington for talks with FBI officials on \u201csensitive issues,\u201d Israeli media reported on Monday.<\/p>\n

Channel 13<\/em> said David Zini left for the US capital for meetings with his counterparts at the FBI.<\/p>\n

An unnamed source told the broadcaster that the talks would involve \u201csensitive issues,\u201d without providing further details.<\/p>\n

Neither Israel nor the US has announced the visit.<\/p>\n

Read: <\/strong>Pro-Israel lobby spends big on US midterms as backlash grows<\/a><\/p>\n

The trip came days after Yair Netanyahu, the son of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, was urgently evacuated from the US over what Israel\u2019s public broadcaster KAN <\/em>described as a \u201csignificant threat.\u201d<\/p>\n

KAN<\/em> said on Saturday that Shin Bet confirmed the threat and ordered his immediate return to Israel.<\/p>\n

The news came amid renewed regional tensions after US forces struck two Iranian launchers on Larak Island near the Strait of Hormuz on Sunday, killing two people and injuring two others, according to Iranian media.<\/p>\n

Iran later announced retaliatory attacks on sites used by US forces in Jordan and the United Arab Emirates.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Shin Bet head visit comes days after PM Netanyahu\u2019s son urgently evacuated from US over security threat The head of Israel\u2019s Shin Bet security agency secretly travelled to Washington for talks with FBI officials on \u201csensitive issues,\u201d Israeli media reported on Monday. Channel 13 said David Zini left for the US capital for meetings with […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":112861,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"","ast-site-content-layout":"default","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","ast-disable-related-posts":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"default","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/i.tribune.com.pk\/media\/images\/untitled-design-41788253071-0\/untitled-design-41788253071-0-640x480.webp","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-112860","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-world"],"acf":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t