On Sunday, the Israeli Prime Minister’s Office confirmed a report to the 12th channel, stating that Benjamin Netanyahu sought to carry Ronin Bar, head of the Shin Bet Security Agency, to submit the resignation, during their meeting on Thursday / last.
The channel had previously stated that the meeting between Netanyahu and Ronin Bar was “very difficult”, during which he refused to resign.
“Whoever appoints the head of the Shin Beit (the Shin Bet) is the government, and not the head of the” Shen Pitt “.”
“This is how it has always been the practice in democratic countries,” the Netanyahu office statement added.
The channel’s reports stated that Ronin Bar, informed the senior employees of the agency last week, that he would not resign until the hostages are returned from the Gaza Strip, and the formation of a government committee to investigate the October 7 attacks 2023.
The relations between Netanyahu and the head of the internal intelligence agency (the Shin Bet) deteriorated in recent months, as Prime Minister Bar and Mossad chief David Berneaa sacked the presidency of the team that negotiates the Gaza truce agreement and the liberation of the hostages.