Netanyahu aide Urich indicted for leaking classified Hamas intelligence document

The Tel Aviv District Court received an amended indictment Thursday adding Urich as a defendant alongside former Prime Minister's Office spokesman Eli Feldstein and IDF reservist Ari Rosenfeld, who allegedly extracted the classified document from secure military intelligence systems. Prosecutors allege that Urich, who worked directly under Netanyahu without a security clearance, helped orchestrate the leak after Israeli military censors blocked domestic publication, directing Feldstein to Likud campaign adviser Yisrael Einhorn, who then facilitated contact with a Bild reporter. The classified document — an internal Hamas memo on expected hostage-negotiation strategy — was reportedly nine months old at the time of publication, and media reports have indicated Bild distorted its contents to serve the Netanyahu government's narrative. Urich faces additional charges of destroying evidence, allegedly switching phones the day after Feldstein and Rosenfeld were arrested. The prosecution sought immediate restrictive conditions including a ban from the PMO and all security facilities, but Judge Ala Masarwa deferred the decision to a July 5 hearing, extending existing conditions in the interim. Notably, Netanyahu himself was listed as prosecution witness No. 80 in the amended indictment, though he is not a defendant. The case intersects with the separate 'Qatargate' investigation, in which Urich, Feldstein, and Einhorn are alleged to have conducted a paid public relations campaign on behalf of Qatar.