David Zini

The opinion has reportedly been described by a law enforcement official as “completely watered down and that “they dropped the security implications by several levels.”

Every new Mossad chief changes things, closes old departments, opens new ones, and promotes some mid-level commanders to replace portions of the Mossad high command.

A hearing was set for Wednesday at 5 p.m. before Justice Gila Canfy-Steinitz. 

In Zini’s case, Gabizon wrote that while a detention ground still exists in principle, the danger can be neutralized through full house arrest, supervision, and additional restrictions.

Zini's siding with his agency's findings in its probe of October 7 against the prime minister's narrative is the first public break between the two after Zini remained silent on the issue for months.

State Attorney’s Office confirms charges in Lod District Court • Gag order remains in place.

"We express astonishment at the silence of the head of the Shin Bet, David Zini, in light of the unprecedented slander against former head of the service, Ronen Bar," the published letter said.

Cigarette smuggling into Gaza becomes a national scandal as family ties, security doctrine, and politics collide.

Zini, along with others, was charged with aiding the enemy during wartime, prohibited dealings in property for terror purposes, obtaining something by aggravated fraud, and accepting bribes.

According to the Southern District Attorney’s Office, this was an “organized, systematic, and sophisticated smuggling operation of various goods into the Gaza Strip in exchange for financial gain.”