Shin Bet chief Ronen Bar did not attend last night’s security cabinet meeting amid tensions with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, Hebrew-language media reports.
The cabinet convened ahead of the departure of a team to Doha for talks on the hostage-ceasefire deal. It is unclear if Bar had been invited to the meeting.
Netanyahu has reportedly been preparing to fire Bar, who told senior staff last week that he won’t step down until the hostages are returned and a state commission to investigate the October 7, 2023, attack is established.
It was reported yesterday that Netanyahu pressured Bar to resign during a meeting the two held last week.
According to the Channel 12 report, which did not cite any sources, Bar refused to tender his resignation during Thursday’s meeting — described in the report as “extremely tense.”
Rather, Bar was said to tell Netanyahu that if he wanted to see him leave as head of the security agency, he’d have to fire him.
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