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Report: Netanyahu planning to remove Shin Bet head Bar in near future
Shin Bet chief Ronen Bar attends a farewell ceremony in honor of then-police chief Kobi Shabtai (not pictured), at the National Police Academy in Beit Shemesh, on July 14, 2024. (Chaim Goldberg/Flash90)
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is planning to remove Shin Bet head Ronen Bar from his post in the near future, Kan news reports.
There have long been reports that the premier wants Bar to depart. The Prime Minister’s Office previously dismissed such claims as “completely unfounded.”
Kan says that once the security agency completes its internal probes into the failures of October 7, Netanyahu will demand Bar’s departure, either through his resignation or by a cabinet decision to remove him from office.
