by The Times of Israel News Staff at The Times of Israel
Amid an ongoing investigation regarding illicit access to IDF intel and leaks by several suspects including a spokesman in the Prime Minister’s Office, a court cleared for publication Tuesday that an additional police probe is being conducted, into “criminal incidents” last year reportedly linked to wartime meetings.
While most of the details of the new case remain under a gag order, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu appeared to confirm that the investigation, which has been in progress for some six months, concerned his office, releasing a statement blasting it as “an unprecedented hunting expedition against the Prime Minister’s Office in the midst of a war.”
Earlier, a court allowed the publication of the fact that the police were probing “criminal incidents” related to the start of the war against Hamas in Gaza.
“The police’s Lahav 433 investigation unit is conducting a criminal probe related to incidents from the start of the war, including several open investigations,” the statement said, adding that further details are barred from publication.
Lahav 433 investigates serious crimes including public corruption…
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