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domestic intelligence service from IsraelHe Shin Betarrested this Monday a soldier as the fifth suspect in the case document leak from army intelligence to Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s office and the foreign press, local newspaper The Times of Israel reported.

The case gained greater relevance in the Israeli press due to the alleged involvement of the Prime Minister’s Office in the distribution of these documents among state of public opinion in Israel regarding the management of hostages and, at the same time, the course of the war.

On Sunday, the court overturned a gag order on the detention of another suspect, Eli Feldstein, who worked as a press secretary for Netanyahu’s office. In addition, he said that three other detainees belong to Israeli security.

The Court considers that the distribution of these documents could constitute Danger in the interests of Israel’s security, as well as for the release of the 97 captives who remain in the Gaza Strip since they were kidnapped by Hamas militants on October 7 last year.

leaks They traveled from the army to Netanyahu’s office, and from there to the international newspapers The Jewish Chronicle and Bild, which, according to the Israeli newspaper Haaretz, published articles with links to the documents in early September.

Its publication coincided with a tumultuous week in national politics following opening On September 1, the bodies of six Israeli hostages in the Gaza Strip, whose autopsies revealed that they were killed just a few hours before it opened.

The deaths of the six also coincided with the approval of the Israeli Security Cabinet new requirements with the aim of negotiating a ceasefire agreement with Hamas in the sector.

The event caused huge social unrest and led to a week of protests involving thousands of people on the same day.

On September 2, Netanyahu gave a televised press conference in which he showed a document attributed to Hamas, according to which the Islamist organization could try win hostages through the Philadelphia Corridor (Gaza’s border with Egypt), and then taken to Iran.

In the following days both Jewish Chronicle How Image published articles about this with reference to documents from Islamist organization.

The first one mentioned the plan he was talking about. Netanyahu at a press conference, and the second mentioned the strategy psychological pressure from Hamas towards the families of the hostages.

Soon after, the Prime Minister himself reacted to Bild’s text. criticize families who are demonstrating against their government and demanding that it reach an agreement with the Islamists to guarantee the return of the hostages, accusing them of falling “into a Hamas trap” to “create division” in Israel.

The army had to respond to the leaks by ensuring that the document cited by Bild contained written recommendations from a mid-ranking Hamas commander, not its leader Yahya Sinwar, as the newspaper suggested, and ruling that its circulation “posed a serious threat.” offense” that should have been investigated.