US EditionCourt: Thin evidence to charge Gaza smuggling suspects with security offenses
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Court: Thin evidence to charge Gaza smuggling suspects with security offenses
The Be'er Sheva District Court ordered 10 of 15 suspects be released from detention. The judge criticized the prosecution and said it was clear that the accused only sought to make money from the smuggling and that Hamas had no role in it
Serious indictment against four Israelis who smuggled trucks loaded with goods to Hamas through the Kerem Shalom crossing • The affair reveals cynical exploitation of an IDF intelligence officer, smuggling phones and computers worth millions, and one defendant who stayed in the heart of the Gaza Strip for three days
Dramatic development in the smuggling case to Gaza: The District Court ruled that there is no basis to charge 10 of the defendants with the offense of "aiding the enemy in war." The decision is also expected to apply to Bezalel Zini, brother of Shin Bet chief David Zini. As a reminder, the prosecution charged the suspects in the smuggling case to Gaza with the offense of "aiding the enemy in time of war," including against the brother of Shin Be…
Judge Alon Gavizon attacked the prosecutor's decision to charge with aiding the enemy: "Anyone who reads thinks that convoys entered, but most of the smuggling is cigarettes in a private vehicle." The prosecutor's office insisted: "It also involves batteries, cables, anesthetics and about 2,000 "dumb phones," which are used as operational phones for Hamas."
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