Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu ends his testimony to police after two hours of questioning, as part of an ongoing probe into the so-called Qatargate scandal.
Meanwhile, two of Netanyahu’s aides, Jonatan Urich and Eli Feldstein, will remain in custody, after they were detained this morning and interrogated through the day.
Urich and Feldstein will be brought tomorrow to the Rishon Lezion Magistrate’s Court, where police will request to extend their detentions, Israel’s Channel 13 reports.
Netanyahu’s open testimony to police investigators regarding the alleged unlawful financial ties between his staffers and Qatar came after Attorney General Gali Baharav-Miara ordered police to summon him for questioning today.
Officers have questioned Urich and Feldstein in the past regarding the affair and suspect both of contacting a foreign agent, fraud, money laundering, and bribery.
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