Former spokesman for Benjamin Netanyahu suspected of leaking confidential documents
A former spokesman for Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu was arrested for releasing confidential military documents to the press without authorization, which could have undermined an agreement on the release of hostages held in Gaza, the Rishon LeZion court announced on Sunday. to Agence France-Presse (AFP).
Four people, including members of the Israeli security apparatus and Eliezer Feldstein, a former Netanyahu aide, are currently detained, the court said.
The Shin Bet, the national intelligence services and the army opened an investigation after the publication in September by two newspapers, the Jewish chronicle The Londoner and the German newspaper imagetwo articles based on confidential military documents.
One detailed an alleged plan by Yahya Sinouar, the political leader of Hamas, to flee the Gaza Strip with hostages to Egypt through the “Philadelphia Corridor”buffer zone along the border. The other was based on notes presented as coming from the Hamas leadership about its leader’s strategy to thwart negotiations over the release of the hostages.
This information, partly false, would have, according to the court, “undermined the ability of security agencies to achieve the objective of freeing those kidnapped”explained the court, which issued an order of censure over much of the investigation.
