Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu ordered the dismissal of six members of the 10-seat advisory committee on senior civil service appointments amid political turmoil over the naming of a new Shin Bet chief, local media said on Sunday.

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu defends his nomination of Maj. Gen. David Zini as the new Shin Bet chief, following reports that he had disapproved of Zini in the past, amid legal conflict with Attorney General Gali Baharav-Miara over the promotion process, in a Hebrew-language video shared on his X account.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Thursday appointed a new head of the Shin-Bet domestic intelligence agency, ignoring his own attorney general’s legal guidance and exacerbating a weeks-long battle over the previous chief’s ouster.