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Senior aides to Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (from left): Topaz Luk, Eli Feldstein and Jonatan Urich. (Flash90)
September 1, 2026, 10:10 am
‘Let them burn’: PM’s aides said to slam IDF on Oct. 7 for being slow to release photos
Reports of text messages between Netanyahu advisers Topaz Luk, Eli Feldstein and Jonatan Urich concerning leader’s image amid Hamas massacre provoke rage from bereaved families
By ToI Staff
Left to right: Jonatan Urich and Eli Feldstein at a court hearing in the Tel Aviv District Court on July 14, 2026. (Avshalom Sassoni/Flash90); Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's former aide Yisrael Einhorn. (KAN screenshot).
August 11, 2026, 11:07 pm
Report: AG expected to charge Netanyahu aides with security offenses in Qatargate affair
Senior Mossad official also expected to face charges, pending hearing; intel agency chief Gofman may be barred from signing off on decision due to conflict of interest
By Stav Levaton
Left to right: Jonatan Urich and Eli Feldstein at a court hearing in the Tel Aviv District Court on July 14, 2026. (Avshalom Sassoni/Flash90); Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's former aide Yisrael Einhorn. (KAN screenshot).
August 9, 2026, 2:12 pm
Netanyahu’s aides accused of leaking classified intel to Qatar for anti-Egypt push
Opposition cries ‘treason’ over Israel Hayom report that alleges Urich, Einhorn, Feldstein told Doha of possible Egyptian treaty violations, which Qataris fed back to Israeli media
By Lazar Berman and Sam Sokol
Jonatan Urich is seen following a hearing on journalist Omri Assenheim’s refusal to provide police with materials from a program he broadcast about Eli Feldstein, after the District Court ruled that journalistic privilege does not apply, at the Supreme Court in Jerusalem, March 30, 2026. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
June 11, 2026, 1:43 pm
Netanyahu aide Urich charged with leaking classified info with intent to harm state security
PM’s adviser indictred for passing Hamas memo to Bild in 2024 amid domestic anger at Netanyahu after hostages’ murder; he is also charged with destroying evidence
By Jeremy Sharon
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's chief of staff, Tzachi Braverman, at the funeral of Asher Hayon, a former chief of staff and adviser to the premier, at a cemetery in Modi'in, February 17, 2026. (Tal Gal/Flash90)
May 26, 2026, 3:37 pm
Netanyahu ex-chief of staff to be indicted for obstruction of justice, pending hearing
Braverman is accused of telling PM’s media adviser Eli Feldstein of an investigation into his leak of classified information to the Bild newspaper
By Jeremy Sharon and Nava Freiberg
The Prime Minister's Office's Chief of Staff Tzachi Braverman, seen in the Knesset in Jerusalem, November 11, 2024. (Chaim Goldberg/ Flash90)
May 3, 2026, 1:41 pm
AG said soon to file indictment against PM’s ex-chief of staff, who has been named ambassador to UK
Police reportedly finish probe of Tzachi Braverman, who’s suspected of interfering with investigation of classified document leak; report says police wanted Netanyahu to testify, but he did not
By Charlie Summers
Mossad chief David Barnea attends a Memorial Day ceremony at the Western Wall, in Jerusalem's Old City, April 20, 2026. (Chaim Goldberg/Flash90)
April 28, 2026, 9:14 am
Outgoing Mossad chief reportedly says Qatargate affair didn’t seem to harm state security
David Barnea said to stress that his comments, which contradict position of ex-Shin Bet chief Ronen Bar, don’t touch on potential corruption allegations against Netanyahu’s aides
By Nava Freiberg
Jonatan Urich (right) embraces lawyer Amit Hadad (left) at a court hearing in the Qatargate investigation at the court in Lod, January 6, 2026. (Jonathan Shaul/Flash90)
March 15, 2026, 7:39 pm
Netanyahu aides under investigation are free to work with PM after release conditions end
Court deal removes almost all restrictions on PM’s senior adviser Urich, a Qatargate suspect; police decline to appeal ruling allowing ex-chief of staff Braverman to contact premier
By Jeremy Sharon
Prime Minister’s Chief of Staff Tzachi Braverman arrives for the funeral of Asher Hayon, a former chief of staff and adviser to Benjamin Netanyahu, at a cemetery in Modi’in, February 17, 2026. (Jonathan Sahul/Flash90)
March 1, 2026, 8:27 pm
Court declines to extend key restrictive conditions on Netanyahu’s chief of staff
Given war with Iran, Tzachi Braverman must be able to resume work, judge says; court gives police 2 days to appeal before restrictions lifted
By Jeremy Sharon
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, right, speaks with his chief of staff Tzachi Braverman during the weekly cabinet meeting at the Prime Minister's Office in Jerusalem, July 30, 2023. (Abir Sultan/Pool Photo via AP)
February 25, 2026, 11:03 pm
AG lets police summon Netanyahu to testify on claims against chief of staff – reports
PM not expected to be questioned as a suspect, but senior law enforcement source tells Channel 12 ‘there was no escape’ from him having to testify about Tzachi Braverman
By ToI Staff
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's chief of staff, Tzachi Braverman, at the funeral of Asher Hayon, a former chief of staff and adviser to the premier, at a cemetery in Modi'in, February 17, 2026. (Tal Gal/Flash90)
February 25, 2026, 5:21 pm
PM’s chief of staff accepts temporary extension of release restrictions until court ruling
Police filed extension request for ongoing restrictive conditions against Braverman 12 hours before expiration; judge says police presented ‘convincing’ reason for late filing
By Jeremy Sharon
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's chief of staff, Tzachi Braverman, attends a hearing during the premier's graft trial at the Tel Aviv District Court on December 18, 2024. (Miriam Alster/Flash90)
February 22, 2026, 4:25 pm
Supreme Court refuses to allow PM’s chief of staff to appeal his release conditions
Judge says Braverman still barred from contacting Netanyahu or suspects in obstruction case, and from leaving country, after he asked to be allowed to begin role as envoy to UK
By Jeremy Sharon and ToI Staff
Eli Feldstein, a former media adviser to Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and one of the suspects in the so-called Qatargate investigation, and a defendant in the Bild leak scandal, speaks to the Kan public broadcaster in an interview aired December 22, 2025. (Screenshot: Kan)
February 18, 2026, 1:29 pm
Cops granted access to raw interview material that sparked probe of PM’s chief of staff
Court rejects petition by Kan journalist against order to hand over content from session with former Netanyahu aide Feldstein, but excludes remarks made off-record
By ToI Staff
The Prime Minister's Office's Chief of Staff Tzachi Braverman, seen in the Knesset in Jerusalem, November 11, 2024. (Chaim Goldberg/ Flash90)
February 17, 2026, 2:48 pm
Court extends restrictions on PM’s chief of staff, citing ‘strengthened’ suspicions
Braverman, the designated ambassador to the UK, is still barred from leaving the country, contacting Netanyahu; judge strongly criticizes lower court decision over ‘legal error’
By Jeremy Sharon
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (left) speaks with Cabinet Secretary Tzachi Braverman (right) during a weekly cabinet meeting in the Prime Minister's Office in Jerusalem on April 30, 2023. (Abir Sultan/Pool/AFP)
February 10, 2026, 12:56 am
PM’s chief of staff said facing suspension, imperiling appointment as envoy to UK
Authorities recommend sidelining Tzachi Braverman for 6 months amid investigation into his alleged assertion that he could quash IDF probe into leak of classified intel by PM’s office
By ToI Staff, Nava Freiberg and Jeremy Sharon
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