Israeli prosecutors indict senior Netanyahu aide

The Israeli attorney general’s office announced on Thursday the indictment of a senior adviser to Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on charges of “transmitting classified information with the intent to harm state security”.

The case involves the leak of a classified document to the German newspaper Bild in 2024, which aimed to support Netanyahu's claim that Hamas was not interested in a ceasefire deal, in order to justify Israel's continued military attacks on Gaza.

The alleged leak was in violation of military censorship.