PMO reportedly suspected of holding ‘sensitive, personal footage’ of IDF officer

Reports by two Israeli news channels claim that Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s office is facing suspicions surrounding sensitive footage of an IDF officer found in its possession.

According to the Kan public broadcaster, a complaint filed to the bureau of IDF chief of staff Herzi Halevi two months ago claimed that the PMO was holding “sensitive personal footage related to an IDF officer.”

The report says that the officer in question worked with the PMO, but raised the complaint after concerns the material was being held for nefarious purposes.

A separate report by Channel 12 news claims that a probe is underway to look into whether two “very senior officials” in the PMO were involved in leaking sensitive material on a military official taken from security cameras.

There are scant other details on the alleged affair, the latest to suggest possible issues with the PMO’s handling of sensitive information and questions over their possible use for political means.

In response to the reports, the PMO says in a statement that they are “inventions with nothing behind them but an attempt to defame the office and its workers.”

The statement claims the PMO is the victim of a witchhunt.

“The facts will speak for themselves clearly,” it says.