Report: Detained Netanyahu aide won’t be allowed to return to office

A key Netanyahu aide detained for questioning on Sunday in the submarines corruption scandal will not be permitted to return to work at the Prime Minister’s Office, Channel 2 reports.

The aide — who was held for questioning along with the prime minister’s attorney David Shimron — has not been named. The pair were grilled by police for over 10 hours on Sunday, with the questioning ongoing.

However, according to Channel 2, police will not seek to extend their remand and the two were expected to be released once the interrogation ends.

In what is known as “Case 3000,” authorities are investigating alleged corruption and bribery involved in multi-billion-shekel naval deals with the German shipbuilding company ThyssenKrupp. Netanyahu is not a suspect in the case. However, police are planning to summon him to testify on what he knows about the issue.