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Prosecutors reportedly plan to charge Netanyahu’s chief of staff over Bild leak
Prosecutors reportedly intend to indict Tzachi Braverman, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s chief of staff, over a 2024 leak of classified information to German newspaper Bild.
Braverman appeared at a hearing last month, and officials reportedly intend to charge him with fraud, breach of trust and obstruction of justice.
He is suspected of meeting Eli Feldstein, the key suspect in the leak case, and telling him an investigation was under way; Braverman allegedly said he could stop it if it involved Feldstein.
Feldstein and Netanyahu adviser Jonatan Urich have already been charged with transferring classified information with intent to harm state security.
The leaked document was an internal Hamas memo, obtained by Israeli military intelligence, that appeared to say Hamas was not interested in a hostage deal.
Media reports later said Bild had distorted the memo, which was published as Israel faced public debate over who was holding up a deal to free hostages in Gaza.
No indictment against Braverman has been filed yet, and the State Attorney’s Office and Braverman had not commented on the latest reports; he is also under a separate investigation over alleged changes to records in Netanyahu’s office.
Prosecutors reportedly intend to indict Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s chief of staff, Tzachi Braverman, over the 2024 leak of classified documents to Germany’s Bild newspaper.
Hebrew media reports say Braverman appeared for a hearing last month, clearing the way for a possible indictment.
Braverman is suspected of meeting Eli Feldstein, the leak case’s chief suspect, and telling him an investigation was under way.
Feldstein and another suspect, Netanyahu adviser Jonatan Urich, have been charged with transferring classified information with intent to harm state security.
The State Attorney’s Office and Braverman did not comment on the reports.
- Who
- Tzachi Braverman, Netanyahu’s chief of staff, is the person prosecutors reportedly plan to charge.
- What
- Prosecutors reportedly intend to indict him over the leak of classified documents to Bild. Reported possible charges include fraud, breach of trust and obstruction of justice.
- When
- The leak occurred in 2024. Braverman reportedly attended a hearing last month.
- Where
- The documents were leaked to the German newspaper Bild. The alleged nighttime meeting took place at a location not stated.
- Why
- Braverman is suspected of telling Eli Feldstein that an investigation into the leak was under way and that he could quash it if it was connected to Feldstein.
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Classified documents were leaked to the German newspaper Bild.
Feldstein and another key suspect were arrested.
Braverman appeared for a hearing in the case.
Hebrew media outlets reported that prosecutors intended to indict Braverman.
- Suspect
- Tzachi Braverman
- Leaked-to outlet
- Bild, a German newspaper
- Leak year
- 2024
- Reported possible charges
- Fraud, breach of trust and obstruction of justice
- Other charged suspects
- Eli Feldstein and Jonatan Urich