Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has said he will bring a vote to the government this week to dismiss the director of the Shin Bet internal security service, Ronen Bar.
Mr Netanyahu said he has had “ongoing distrust” with Mr Bar. The decision comes after an increasingly acrimonious dispute between the men focused largely on who bears responsibility for the October 7 2023, Hamas attack that sparked the war in Gaza.
The Shin Bet is responsible for monitoring Palestinian militant groups.
It recently issued a report accepting responsibility for its failures around the October 7 attack. But it also criticised Mr Netanyahu, saying failed government policies helped create the climate that led to the attack.