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Shin Bet, Mossad chiefs were absent from key cabinet meeting yesterday
Add ToI as a Preferred Source on GoogleLazar Berman is The Times of Israel's diplomatic reporter
Ronen Bar (left), head of the Shin Bet security services, speaks with Mossad chief David Barnea during the annual Holocaust Remembrance Day ceremony at the Yad Vashem Holocaust Museum, Jerusalem, May 5, 2024. (Chaim Goldberg/Flash90)
Embattled Shin Bet chief Ronen Bar did not attend last night’s security cabinet meeting during which efforts to free hostages from Gaza were discussed, an Israeli official tells The Times of Israel.
The full cabinet voted to fire Bar earlier this month, but he remains in his post for the time being.
Mossad director David Barnea was not there either, according to the official.
Strategic Affairs Minister Ron Dermer told the ministers that “we are seeing changes in Hamas’s stance [on a hostage release deal] because of the military pressure,” according to the Kan public broadcaster.
“Hamas blinked,” said Dermer, according to the report.
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