Shin Bet chief David Zini has ordered the dismantling of an unofficial memorial established at the entrance to the intelligence agency’s Tel Aviv headquarters for employees killed in the October 7, 2023, Hamas-led terror onslaught.

Zini gave the order after Memorial Day in April, according to Haaretz, which first reported the decision. Unnamed sources in the agency told the outlet that Zini felt there was no reason staff should “have to see the debacle [of October 7] in front of our faces every day.”

Another source told the paper that Zini believes the memorial to the fallen Shin Bet agents is a show of “defeatism.”

The informal memorial corner featured photos of the 12 Shin Bet employees killed during the massacre and in its wake, as well as photos of victims whose parents served in the Shin Bet, according to Hebrew media reports.

The Shin Bet confirmed in a statement to Hebrew media that the display had been taken down, saying that Zini felt a memorial to only some of the massacre’s victims didn’t do justice to the scope of the attack. It noted that the office also has a memorial wall featuring all of the attack’s victims, though it did not give further details on what that display includes.

“In the view of the agency’s chief, a display of a portion of the fallen minimizes the........

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