Overview
- The Ashkelon Magistrate's Court extended the remand of a close relative of Shin Bet chief David Zini on suspicion of moving prohibited goods into Gaza.
- Prosecutors have filed statements against 11 suspects in the case, with additional filings expected on Monday, according to officials cited in local reports.
- Because of the family link to the agency director, the investigation is being handled by the police rather than the Shin Bet, and judges have stated that Zini is not implicated.
- Authorities describe a wider network accused of smuggling goods worth hundreds of thousands of shekels, including heavy-lift drones, phones, pesticides, electrical cables and batteries.
- Family members have publicly rejected the allegations, while a defense lawyer says an earlier suspicion of contact with a foreign agent was dropped and characterizes the case as cigarette smuggling, with a gag order still restricting details.