The female Shin Bet worker and two other Israeli citizens are charged with divulging state secrets and endangering the country’s security.
A joint statement from the Shin Bet, Israel Police and the State Prosecutor’s Office says that “during an investigation it was discovered that the worker divulged confidential information that she was exposed to during her work to unauthorized people, in complete contravention of a ban on doing so.”
Some of the information was passed on by the two citizens who were arrested to others and eventually to a wide group of unauthorized people, the statement says.
“Passing on the information lead to a real danger to the lives of people and the security of the country,” the statement says.
However, the statement notes that despite the damage caused and the severity of their actions, the three did not deliberately attempt to harm state security.
A strict gag order is placed on all other details of the case.
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