Benjamin Netanyahu’s son evacuated from the US over 'significant' threat -- after Israeli leader warned of Iran plot

Israel Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s oldest son was urgently evacuated from the United States due to a threat against him — a week after the Israeli leader accused Iran of trying to assassinate one of his children . Israel’s Shin Bet security agency confirmed there had been a “significant threat” to Yair Netanyahu, without providing additional details. It comes after Netanyahu appeared on Israeli TV last Monday, Aug. 24, and claimed Iran “tried to murder one of my sons.” The prime minister did not clarify which of his two sons had been targeted in the alleged plot. 4 Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and son Yair, left, pose for a photo on Thursday, January 23, 2020, in Tel Aviv, Israel. Aleksey Nikolskyi/Pool Sputnik Kremlin via AP 4 Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian speaks during the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) Council of Heads of State Meeting on Tuesday, September 1, 2026. Anadolu via Getty Images Yair Netanyahu moved to Miami in 2023, where he has remained throughout most of Israel’s conflicts in Gaza, Lebanon and Iran. Explore More Moment disgraced Eric Swalwell is surrounded by FBI agents at San Francisco airport — and his incognito outfit NYPD shoots, kills knife-wielding woman who stabbed two people, one fatally, in Times Square ‘Shot caller’ in Tupac Shakur murder learns fate 30 years after rapper gunned down in Vegas 4 Sara Netanyahu (center), the wife of Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, sits with their sons Avner and Yair. POOL/AFP via Getty Images 4 Avner Netanyahu (left) and Yair Netanyahu, Benjamin Netanyahu’s sons. ABIR SULTAN/EPA-EFE / Shutterstock Shin Bet granted extended protection services to Netanyahu’s wife, Sara, and their sons, Yair and Avner, beginning in July.