Overview
- Almog Cohen told the Knesset that a Shin Bet agent in Gaza reported an unusual pre-dawn gathering of Nukhba militants hours before October 7.
- He identified the operative by the codename “Green Sardine,” information the military censor had barred from publication for security reasons.
- Cohen said the warning came around 3:30 a.m., the same time he claimed Shin Bet chief Ronen Bar convened division heads.
- He argued that transmitting the intelligence to the proper authorities in real time might have prevented the massacre or reduced its scale.
- Opposition lawmaker Merav Ben Ari asked Attorney General Gali Baharav-Miara to open a criminal investigation, citing suspected disclosure of classified information and identifying details of a Shin Bet agent.