Netanyahu aide Urich allowed to keep working at PMO after court rejects prosecution's request

Yonatan Urich, a senior aide to Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and a key suspect in the "Bild case," will continue his work at the Prime Minister's Office, the Tel Aviv District Court ruled Thursday. The court denied the prosecution's request to extend restrictive measures against Urich, who is accused of tampering with evidence to obstruct the investigation.

Urich was recently added to an amended indictment concerning the alleged leak of classified military information, which was published by the German newspaper Bild in September 2024. The information reportedly pertained to Hamas's position in hostage negotiations. Prosecutors claim Urich helped shape the dissemination of this material to foreign media after Israel's military censor blocked its publication domestically.

Prosecutors allege Urich was involved in receiving, using, and disseminating the classified information as part of public messaging around the hostage talks. The charges against him include delivering secret information with intent to harm state security, delivering secret information, possessing secret information, and destroying evidence. He is indicted alongside former PMO spokesman Eli Feldstein and IDF reservist Ari Rosenfeld.