MADRID 6 Nov. (EUROPA PRESS) –
The Israel Police announced this Tuesday that it is investigating possible crimes related to actions by the office of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu since the beginning of the military offensive in the Gaza Strip, unleashed after the attacks by the Islamic Resistance Movement (Hamas). ) on October 7, 2023.
“Unit 433 of the Israel Police is carrying out a criminal investigation related to events that occurred since the beginning of the war, during which several investigative actions were openly carried out,” reads a statement from the body that investigates serious crimes. such as public corruption, reported by the newspaper ‘The Jerusalem Post’.
The announcement came after the Rishon Lezion Court of First Instance authorized the release of limited information about an ongoing investigation that suggests that the Israeli prime minister had tried to “alter the transcripts of meetings” about the management of the war in Gaza, as reported by ‘The Times of Israel’.
Israeli judicial authorities reported Sunday that they are investigating four suspects of leaking secret documents to prevent an agreement with Hamas, including Eliezer Feldstein, one of the Likud leader’s closest collaborators.
NETANYAHU TALKS ABOUT ‘WITCH HUNT’
The response from the prime minister’s office was immediate and this Tuesday it issued a statement in which it seems to confirm the ongoing investigation, denouncing an “unprecedented witch hunt” against him “in the middle of the war.”
Likewise, the note criticizes the fact that, after a year with an “avalanche of criminal leaks” on the cabinet conversations on the hostages and those missing from the Hamas attacks, “the only two investigations that were opened were aimed the prime minister’s office and not the serial leakers, none of whom were investigated, and who caused tremendous harm to the hostages and to Israel’s security.
“As with previous attempts to inflate accusations against the prime minister and his circle, this will not amount to anything either,” Netanyahu’s cabinet said.
Earlier this year, the Israeli news portal Ynet reported that senior security officials in the Jewish country suspected that the minutes of meetings held with the prime minister about the offensive in Gaza were being edited, upon discovering discrepancies between the minutes of the meetings and what they had heard in real time.
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