Yonatan (Jonathan) Urich

Force in Play

Indictment pending hearing (announced July 2025)

Netanyahu's chief of staff was detained by Israel's national crime unit on January 11, 2026, suspected of trying to shut down an investigation into leaked military secrets. The probe centers on a September 2024 leak to German tabloid Bild—classified Hamas documents that appeared to justify Netanyahu's resistance to a hostage deal, published just days after six captives were found executed in a Rafah tunnel.

Updated Jan 13