PM cites 'ongoing distrust' in security agency chief, who says expectation of personal loyalty is 'fundamentally illegitimate'; timing coincides with Shin Bet probe into PM's aides The post Netanyahu says he’ll fire Shin Bet chief Bar;

Netanyahu on Sunday cited an “ongoing lack of trust” as the reason for moving to sack Ronen Bar, head of the Shin Bet internal security agency, following a similar bid by the government to oust the attorney general.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu plans to propose the dismissal of Shin Bet's Ronen Bar to the government, citing lost trust. Bar's firing could spark controversy as their relationship was strained during the war against Hamas.