New Leak Scandal Shakes Netanyahu’s Government

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Israeli media report that two senior officials in the office of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu are under investigation for potential involvement in leaking sensitive information related to a security agency.

According to Thursday’s reports, these officials are suspected of involvement in leaking sensitive documents related to the Gaza conflict, leading to criticism of Netanyahu’s government and resulting in the suspension of five people, including an aide to the Prime Minister.

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Last Sunday, Israel’s Shin Bet security service announced the arrest of five individuals, including a spokesperson from the Prime Minister’s office, following a leak of documents concerning Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar.

On Thursday, Israel’s Channel 12 revealed that the new security scandal involves suspicions of monitoring a military figure through surveillance cameras, with Netanyahu‘s office officials allegedly leaking those recordings. Israel’s public broadcaster also mentioned that the information regarding the military figure originated from security cameras.

Netanyahu’s office denied these allegations, calling them “defamatory,” according to the public broadcaster.

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This security leak emerges as Netanyahu’s government faces multiple political and security crises, including the recent dismissal of Defense Minister Yoav Gallant—a move that met significant opposition—and the intensification of Israeli military actions in Gaza, along with attacks on Lebanon.

The Times of Israel reported that Israeli opposition members and the ruling right-wing coalition traded heated remarks during the swearing-in of the new Defense Minister, Israel Katz. Opposition members eventually walked out of the Knesset in protest of Gallant’s removal, which was met with widespread criticism and protests across Israel.

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Opponents accuse Prime Minister Netanyahu of delaying ceasefire negotiations and prolonging the conflict to appease his far-right coalition partners.

Israel’s Shin Bet and the military launched an investigation into the leaks in September, after Jewish Chronicle in London and Germany’s Bild published reports based on secret military documents.

One report claimed that Sinwar, the Hamas leader later killed by Israel, and hostages in Gaza were to be smuggled from the territory to Egypt via the Philadelphi Corridor along the Gaza-Egypt border. However, it was later revealed that the leaked document was fabricated, and the internal Hamas memo detailing Sinwar’s strategy to thwart hostage negotiations was in fact authored by lower-level Hamas operatives.

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This security scandal arises as Israel, backed by the U.S., wages war on Gaza, which began on October 7, 2023. The conflict has led to over 146,000 Palestinian casualties, most of them women and children, alongside mass destruction and famine, marking one of the world’s worst humanitarian crises.

Additionally, Israel and Iran have exchanged aerial and missile strikes in recent months, signaling the likelihood of intensified conflict, especially after Israeli strikes on Iranian military sites on October 26.

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