Overview
- Lahav 433 detained Tzachi Braverman for roughly 12–13 hours on suspicion of obstructing an investigation into a classified leak, searched his home, and released him under a 30-day travel ban, a 15-day bar from the Prime Minister’s Office, and contact prohibitions.
- Police conducted a face-to-face between Braverman and Eli Feldstein, who alleges a clandestine Kirya garage meeting where Braverman said he could “shut this down,” a claim Braverman rejects.
- Prime Minister’s Office communications staffer Omer Mansour was questioned and released under the same restrictions, with investigators treating him as a key witness and a potential obstruction suspect.
- Braverman has appealed the 15-day order barring his entry to the Prime Minister’s Office.
- The probe traces to Feldstein’s 2024 leak of a classified IDF document to Bild related to the Gaza war, as opposition figures urge freezing Braverman’s UK posting and Likud labels the investigation political persecution.