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IDF says intel officer who died in prison harmed national security

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Published: 11 June 2021

Last updated: 4 March 2024

Defending censorship of details, the army said that the officer did not have nationalistic, ideological or economic motives, and attempted to cover up his deeds

Everything that can be said about the mysterious death of an Israeli intel officer (Haaretz)
A military court permitted the public to see additional information about the circumstances of the jailing and death of the intel officer, but a gag order remains in force regarding much else in the affair

Army chief defends censoring death of officer accused of grave security crimes (Times of Israel)
Kohavi says military prevented the suspect, who died mysteriously in custody, from damaging a state secret ‘at the 11th hour’

IDF: Officer who mysteriously died in prison seriously harmed national security (Times of Israel)
Military scales back gag orders on highly classified, controversial case, but still bars publication of the suspect’s name and nature of his alleged crimes

Photo: The unmarked grave of the intel officer

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