Suspects of leaking classified information were detained in Israel

As reported by Ukrinform, this was reported by Vesty.

The police, Israel's General Security Service (SHABAK) and the IDF are involved in the investigation.

The task of the investigators is to understand whether the leakage of information by the suspects caused real damage to the security and work of the security services, and whether the suspects acted on their own discretion or on instructions from above.

The office of the Prime Minister of Israel, Benjamin Netanyahu, has already announced after the release of information about the arrest of the suspects that none of its employees has been detained or questioned.

According to the Ynet newspaper, the detainees have connections with representatives of the office.

Thus, one of the detainees worked as a press secretary, was closely connected with Netanyahu's office and maintained contact with it. Therefore, he was required to pass the so-called trustworthiness test, but he failed it, despite continuing to maintain contacts with the prime minister's office. At the same time, he was not an official employee of the office, although he accompanied Netanyahu several times during visits to military facilities and had access to secret documents.

The investigation must find out who is using classified documents intercepted from Hamas warehouses in the Gaza Strip, or forgeries of them, and passing them on to foreign media to influence Israeli public opinion on the hostage exchange deal.

One of the documents, published in the German newspaper Bild in September, allegedly detailed strategic instructions for Hamas on how to negotiate a ceasefire with Israel.

As of early September, 97 of the 251 hostages kidnapped by Hamas on October 7 are believed to remain in Gaza.