Police investigating threatening letters sent to MKs and their families

Police are investigating several threatening letters that were sent to elected officials and their families, a spokesman says.

The probe, carried out by investigators in the Lahav 433 major crimes unit, was placed under a gag order by the Rishon Lezion Magistrate’s Court. The order expires on June 11.

Likud MK Shalom Danino and United Torah Judaism MK Moshe Roth were among the recipients of the suspicious letters, Channel 12 News reports.

Danino tells the outlet that he received a letter that contained personal information about his family members.

“It said, ‘Vote this way and that way, and if you don’t, then something will surely happen to your family,'” Danino says, adding that the message contained explicit threats.

Hebrew media reports speculate the case is connected to a similar incident last year, when coalition MKs received threatening letters from a group calling itself the “Israeli Avengers.”

The group wrote in messages to politicians that it initially formed to “harm individual terrorists or groups that have carried out attacks against Israelis,” adding that after October 7, it decided to also “act against” coalition members.