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Flares fired at Bibi's home: worst attack on a PM since Rabin 

Court discloses shocking details: suspects mapped security cameras, with Caesarea families providing cover for their escape.

Police in Caeserea background
Police in Caeserea
Photo: Avshalom Shoshani/Flash90

Regarding what is considered by some to be the worst attack on an Israeli Prime Minister since the Rabin assassination, the court has allowed the publication of new details about the firing of flares at Benjamin Netanyahu's residence in Caesarea.

According to the details permitted for publication from the investigation, Brigadier General (res.) Ofer Doron commanded the "squad," choosing not to shoot the flares himself for fear that another police case would be opened against him. He organized a team of four.

The four went to the sand dunes around Caesarea to observe the area of the house. They checked the area several times, examining the security cameras, to find blind spots where they could sneak up and approach the area of the house, and escape without being caught.

According to reports, the four arrived near the Prime Minister's residence, and Brigadier General Doron instructed two suspects how to fire the fireworks at the house, at an angle that would hit the house. After the shooting, the four split up and hid in the homes of families in Caesarea in order to escape the police and security forces.

On Sunday, three of them were arrested, and on Wednesday, Ofer Doron's son was also arrested. They are now facing indictments in a case dubbed "emergency lighting" by the Shin Bet, which is suspected of being an "ideological terror campaign" and the most serious activity against a prime minister since Rabin's assassination.

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