According to Channel 14 news in Israel:
Hundreds of Bereaved Parents Have Filed a Police Complaint Against Ronen Bar
About 200 bereaved family members—parents who lost their children in the massacre at the Nova party and in the war—have filed a complaint today (Sunday), at the Yarkon Police Station in Tel Aviv, against the former head of the Israel Security Agency (Shin Bet or “Shabak”), Ronen Bar. The grieving parents assert that he was primarily responsible for the intelligence failure and the lack of adequate warnings to the IDF, the police, and the political leadership—even though, they claim, his office reportedly detected the threat and demonstrated awareness of the danger.
In their letter to the police, the parents request opening a criminal investigation against Ronen Bar for “causing death as a result of decisions based on improper, political considerations,” which prevented full readiness and led to the magnitude of the massacre on October 7. They connect these failures to the abductions, the ensuing war, and the continuing chain of political-security crises that have persisted for more than a year and a half.
In the detailed letter sent to the police, the parents describe the signs received by the Shin Bet headquarters on that fateful night:
* Activation of **45 SIM cards** linked to the Shin Bet’s “official SIM” project, all Israeli numbers
* Hamas commanders descending into underground command centers
* Hamas’ rocket-launch array being primed
* **Two additional classified indicators** (unspecified for public disclosure)
The bereaved parents acknowledge that while the political leadership bears some responsibility for failures leading up to October 7, the primary intelligence failure occurred that night. They point out that Shin Bet’s internal and public probes have used vague terminology, shifting blame to the political echelon and failing to draw actionable personal conclusions.
They further allege that political motives impaired Bar’s decision-making, refraining from alerting political and security institutions in order to avoid interfering with what some saw as a “non-legitimate” government. One piece of evidence cited is the words of former Shin Bet head Yuval Diskin, who reportedly implored security officials to be vigilant of political motives when considering offensive operations.
Concluding their letter, the grieving families state that had Bar instructed the Shin Bet to warn the political leadership, the military, and the police with sufficient urgency, the massacre could have been prevented or dramatically minimized. They stress there is no point waiting for an official commission of inquiry—they now demand an immediate criminal investigation into Ronen Bar.