CNN
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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.
“My love for the homeland and my loyalty to the state are the foundation of every decision I have made in my professional life,” Bar said at an event memorializing fallen Shin Bet agents. “So it is tonight as well.”
In his speech, Bar accepted responsibility for the failures of the Shin Bet on October 7. “After years on many fronts, in one night, on the southern front, the sky fell. All systems collapsed. The Shin Bet also failed to provide a warning,” he said…
