Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his wife Sara are reportedly expected to face another round of police questioning in the ongoing corruption investigation into the Bezeq telecom company.
Police have requested permission to re-question the Netanyahus from Attorney General Avichai Mandelblit, Hadashot news reports.
The prime minister was questioned by anti-corruption investigators last month in the so-called Case 4000.
According to the report, Netanyahu will be questioned on the testimony his ex-media adviser Nir Hefetz gave police earlier this month in exchange for full immunity from prosecution.
It said police want the questioning to take place before the week-long Jewish holiday of Passover that begins at the end of the month.
The case suspicions that the controlling shareholder of the telecommunications giant Bezeq, Shaul Elovitch, ordered the Walla news site, which he owns, to grant positive coverage to Netanyahu and his family in exchange for the prime minister advancing regulations benefiting Elovitch.
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