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The move marked an unprecedented standoff between the country’s political leadership and its top security agency, raising the possibility of a constitutional crisis.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said he’s planning to fire Ronen Bar, the head of the domestic security service Shin Bet, with whom he’s quarreled over responsibility for the Oct. 7 attack,