Netanyahu aide questioned over alleged tampering with 7 October phone records

Police investigate claim that Israeli PM’s chief of staff changed recorded time of call made about Hamas attacks.

A top aide of Benjamin Netanyahu has been questioned by police investigating reports of alterations made to official records of phone calls involving the Israeli prime minister on the morning of the 7 October attacks. Israeli media reported that Netanyahu’s chief of staff, Tzachi Braverman, is suspected of changing the recorded time of a conversation the prime minister held with his military secretary in the first minutes of the attack to protect the prime minister. Netanyahu’s office has denied the allegation, accusing critics of “another complete fabrication that is also part of an unprecedented media witch-hunt against the prime minister’s office during wartime, designed to whitewash the grave failures of others on the night of October 7”, according to the Times of Israel. Braverman called the allegations against him “severe slander” and “wild incitement”, the newspaper said. The inquiry could be damaging for the Israeli leader, who has fought off loud calls in Israel for a public inquiry into the multiple failures that meant Israel was caught out by the attack last year. Hamas militants killed 1,200 people, mostly civilians, and abducted 250 more, triggering the bloody Israeli offensive into the territory. Netanyahu has sought to blame Israel’s military and security services, and his office is now facing multiple investigations into alleged acts to divert criticism of the Israeli prime minister. Another Netanyahu aide, Eli Feldstein, was released after interrogation on suspicion of leaking classified documents to foreign media. The leaks, to British and German newspapers, appeared to be aimed at reinforcing Netanyahu’s position in negotiations for a ceasefire in Gaza and diverting domestic criticism of his failure to conclude a deal to free the remaining hostages held by Hamas. Netanyahu, who already is on trial in a series of corruption cases, has not been named as a suspect in the latest scandals. His office and representatives of those under investigation have denied any wrongdoing.

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2024/nov/15/benjamin-netanyahu-aide-alleged-tampering-7-october-phone-records

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