Deir-Al-Balah, March 21: Israel's Cabinet has approved Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's request to fire the head of the country's Shin Bet internal security service. The late-night decision to sack Ronen Bar deepens a power struggle focused largely over who bears responsibility for the Hamas attack that sparked the war in Gaza. Air Raid Sirens Sound in Jerusalem After Iranian-Backed Houthis Launch Missile From Yemen, Israeli Army Says.

It also could set the stage for a crisis over the country's division of powers. Israel's attorney general has ruled that the Cabinet has no legal basis to dismiss Bar.

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