Day: March 20, 2025

The head of Shin Bet, Israel’s domestic intelligence agency, was sacked Friday, days after Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said he no longer trusts him, and fallout from a report on the October 7, 2023 Hamas attack.Relations worsened after the March 4 release of the internal Shin Bet report on the Hamas attack.

The Israeli PM cited Shin Bet’s failure to anticipate the 7 October attack – but the move has sparked outrage and protests.

These were the updates on Israel’s war on Gaza for Friday, March 21.

The Trump administration is threatening to all but shut down the Social Security Administration in response to a judge’s ruling blocking activities by Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency — an action that could delay payments to millions of beneficiaries caught in the middle of the legal battle.

He blew the whistle on what he saw as political meddling in the bureau’s work.

A Colombian-Venezuelan migrant deported from the U.S. over the weekend and being held in a high-security prison in El Salvador has no criminal record or ties to a Venezuelan gang and his rights are being violated, his wife said on Thursday.