Five arrested over allegations that prime minister’s opponents say ‘ought to horrify every Israeli’
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is facing a growing political scandal over leaks of classified information that the families of hostages held by Hamas in Gaza say undermined support for efforts to free them. An Israeli court last week partially lifted a gag order on an investigation into the leaks, as part of which a media adviser to Netanyahu was among five people arrested.
to lead the state of Israel in the most difficult war in its history.” Meanwhile, Benny Gantz, head of the centre-right National Unity party, said the leak of the classified materials “requires investigation and clarification to the end”. “If sensitive security information is stolen, and becomes a tool in a political survival campaign — this is not only a criminal offence, it is a national crime,” he said.
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