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Netanyahu Aide Destroyed Phone After Feldstein Arrest, Report Says
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67% centerFirst reported by N12 · 1 day ago
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What happened
Channel 12 reported that Ronen Bar told investigators he briefed Benjamin Netanyahu personally on Eli Feldstein’s arrest shortly after it happened. The report says Jonathan Urich later erased his phone data, while police suspect the move was meant to destroy evidence linked to the leak probe.
- 01Ronen Bar said he personally informed Netanyahu of Feldstein’s arrest.
- 02Jonathan Urich erased his phone data one day after the arrest.
- 03Police say Urich had used the same phone for more than two years.
- 04Urich denied obstruction and cited foreign surveillance fears.
- 05Investigators suspect the erasure was meant to hide evidence in the leak case.
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