Central suspect in PMO leak case to be released to house arrest tomorrow after 20 days in prison

By Jeremy Sharon

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14 November 2024, 7:57 pm

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Jeremy Sharon is The Times of Israel’s legal affairs and settlements reporter

Eli Feldstein, a spokesman in the office of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, who is the main suspect in an investigation launched in late October 2024, of alleged illegal access and leaking of classified intelligence material. (Kan screenshot, used in accordance with clause 27a of the copyright law)

Eli Feldstein, the central suspect in the Prime Minister’s Office security documents leak scandal, is set to be released to house arrest tomorrow afternoon, the Rishon Lezion Magistrate’s Court rules.

Feldstein was arrested on October 27 on suspicion that he leaked sensitive security documents to the foreign press. Four other suspects, all of whom are IDF personnel, have also been held in detention on suspicion of unlawfully removing these security documents from an IDF database. Two of them have been released to house arrest.

If the Shin Bet and police do not appeal the court decision, Feldstein will be released from prison after 20 days in detention.