Current sectionIsrael NewsIsrael SecurityShin Bet defends security measures after bodyguards clear beachgoers so the prime minister could film a video about the newly found shipwreckShare to FacebookShare to XArticle printing is available to subscribers onlyPrint in a simple, ad-free formatSubscribeComments: Zen reading is available to subscribers onlyAd-free and in a comfortable reading formatSubscribeHaaretz01:18 AM • August 26 2026 IDTBenjamin Netanyahu's security detail reportedly ordered the evacuation of part of a Tel Aviv beach on Monday in order to allow the Israeli prime minister to film a short video reacting to the finding of the Altalena shipwreck.Loading...Click the alert icon to follow topics:IDFShin BetIsraeli politicsTel AvivBenjamin NetanyahuItamar Ben-GvirHistoryDemocratsCommentsLoading...In the NewsIn the News: Live UpdatesAltalenaE1Hasan PikerWest BankNetanyahuGazaMansour AbbasIsrairHaQuizHaaretz PodcastNetanyahu's Gun-toting Security Detail Clears Tel Aviv Beach for Video ShootThe Israeli Left Should Be Fighting Settlements - Not Building ThemEisenkot Won't Be Able to Run Away From Netanyahu's IsraelIsrael's Secular Culture Is Rediscovering Judaism – but Only the Easy PartsThe United Arab List Is Selling the House for a Night in a HotelRemembering and rebuilding two years laterICYMIAn Israeli Startup Is Reinventing Salmon Farming. It May Upend a Global IndustryHasan Piker Talks Hamas, anti-Zionism and Why Americans Are Fed Up With IsraelBeing Israeli Abroad Has Become Embarrassing. You Don't Talk About ItDavid Remnick on Netanyahu, Mamdani and Israel's 'Failure to Face' GazaGermany Found Its Israeli Villain. Will It Continue to Ignore What Produced Him?AIPAC's Last-minute Spending Spree Fails to Block California Progressive