Israel’s Cabinet has approved Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s request to sack the head of the country’s Shin Bet internal security service.
The late-night decision to sack Ronen Bar deepens a power struggle focused largely over who bears responsibility for the October 7 2023 Hamas attack that sparked the war in Gaza.
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It also could set the stage for a crisis over the country’s division of powers. Israel’s attorney general has ruled that the Cabinet has no legal basis to dismiss Mr Bar.
