PM reportedly en route to testify to police on Qatargate after 2 of his aides arrested

In a dramatic development, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is reportedly on his way to testify to the officers from the police’s Lahav 433 major crimes unit in the framework of the investigation into the so-called Qatargate scandal regarding the alleged unlawful ties between his close aides and Doha.

Netanyahu was giving testimony in the Tel Aviv District Court during a hearing of his criminal trial on corruption charges, but the hearing was cut short, seemingly to enable the prime minister to give testimony to the police.

Earlier today, it emerged that the attorney general had instructed the police to swiftly summon Netanyahu to give testimony in the Qatargate investigation, although not as a suspect.

According to reports, Netanyahu will testify at his office in Jerusalem. A spokesperson for the prime minister did not immediately respond to a request for comment.

During the course of the morning in court, Netanyahu’s attorney Amit Hadad left the court to attend to one of his other clients, Yonatan Urich, one of two of the prime minister’s aides, along with Eli Feldstein, who are suspects in the Qatargate scandal and who were arrested by police earlier today.