Shin Bet chief Ronen Bar announces that he will step down from his position on June 15, citing personal responsibility for the agency’s failure to prevent the October 7 Hamas attack. Speaking at ...

Embattled Shin Bet chief Ronen Bar says he will step down on June 15, nearly three months after Israel’s government voted for the first time ever to dismiss the head of the security agency.

Shin Bet head Ronen Bar promised an organization of families of fallen soldiers that he would resign his post by May 15 in a recent meeting with representatives, the group said Tuesday as the spy ...

The days of Ronen Bar as Israel's Shin Bet chief were already numbered after Hamas's deadly attack on October 7, 2023, having hinted he would resign to take responsibility for failing to prevent it.

Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has sacked the head of the country’s domestic intelligence service after three days of protests against the move. Mr Netanyahu said this week he had ...

Shin Bet chief Ronen Bar doubles down on his allegations that Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu pressured him into acting unlawfully for personal and political considerations, and lambastes the ...