Mossad chief David Barnea and Shin Bet head Ronen Bar, who both returned from Qatar following the signing of the deal, also addressed ministers, with the former saying they had a moral imperative to support the agreement
Barnea said, according to Channel 12
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We must pay this moral debt
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This deal is ethically and morally the right thing to do. It is a humane deal
It includes mechanisms that will ensure our security
Hebrew media reports cited Bar as saying during the earlier security cabinet meeting that 82 percent of the 1,027 Palestinian security prisoners released in the 2011 Israel-Hamas deal to free captive IDF soldier Gilad Shalit, returned to terror activity
Twelve percent of those former prisoners actively participated in terror attacks after their release and even over 50% of the prisoners released abroad returned to terror activity
Bar said,
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"Hamas will use the ceasefire to rebuild its governing and military capabilities and that the deal will likely further weaken PA the Palestinian Authority"
Despite all of that the security chiefs, 1. stressed they adamantly back the agreement 2. insisting that Israel is prepared to deal with the security consequences
They also argued that Hamas has an interest in abiding by the terms of the first phase in order to reach the second, when it will be able to secure the release of far more prisoners, in exchange for the remaining living Israeli hostages
