Earlier today, police held separate interrogations of the two main suspects — Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s top aides, Jonatan Urich and Eli Feldstein, — along with two others implicated in the case, Israeli businessman Gil Birger and Jerusalem Post editor Tzvika Klein, Channel 12 reports.
Subsequently, police held a joint interrogation with Feldstein and Urich after realizing that the two were giving contradicting testimonies regarding their ties to Qatar.
Police will then determine whether to release the pair to house arrest later tonight or request that their remand be further extended during a hearing tomorrow at the Rishon Lezion Magistrate’s Court.
During his own questioning yesterday, Netanyahu insisted to police that he did not know that his top aides were simultaneously working for Qatar.
Police are working to verify Netanyahu’s assertion during their questioning of Urich and Feldtsein.
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