Prosecutors intend to indict Feldstein and 2nd suspect in PMO leak scandal, ask to extend detention

The State Attorney’s Office says it intends to file an indictment against Eli Feldstein, a central suspect in the Prime Minister’s Office security documents scandal, and one other suspect in the affair.

As such, the State Attorney’s Office files a declaration of prosecution to the Rishon Lezion Magistrate’s Court asking to extend the detention of the two suspects by another five days until it is able to file an indictment.

The office also says that when filing the indictment it will seek to keep the two suspects in prison until the end of legal proceedings against them.

This morning, the Supreme Court accepted an appeal by the state against a decision to release Feldstein and the second suspect to house arrest, stating that “considerations of public security” justified keeping them in detention “given the danger posed by the respondents at this stage.”

Feldstein, a Netanyahu aide who had previously served in the IDF’s Spokesperson’s Unit, is suspected of having worked with four intelligence soldiers to steal classified material from the IDF. He is reportedly suspected of leaking material from one document to the German publication Bild, whose publication is said to have harmed efforts to free hostages held in Gaza and exposed Israeli intelligence sources.