Netanyahu's co-defendants Shaul and Iris Elovitch filed a similar motion on Wednesday, alleging that undue pressure on key state witnesses tainted corruption investigation

Attorneys for former PM and co-defendants reject claim that nothing of interest was taken from device belonging to state witness Shlomo Filber

State attorneys tell the court that a phone belonging to Shlomo Filber was hacked, but no relevant info used; separate investigation disputes Calcalist report on police hacking

Media identifies three local leaders allegedly spied on with court order; report says Iris Elovitch, defendant in Netanyahu trial, was also hacked

Amid allegations that key figures in case against former premier were targets of police hacking, judges order proceedings to continue while awaiting answers

Ruling comes after Shaul and Iris Elovitch asked Jerusalem District Court to prevent examination of former Walla news editor Avi Alkalay, in Bezeq-Walla bribery trial

Postponement, due to 'personal reasons' of key witness, is third time proceedings have been pushed off recently

Other correspondence implies other politicians and business people also made requests from Ilan Yeshua during his time in the post; trial set to resume July 19

Postponement puts restart of proceedings just 2 days before summer recess; delay comes at request of prosecutors who need more time to provide defense with missing materials

'Our country has been hijacked by criminals,' says Ilan Yeshua in PM's bribery trial, adds newsroom was 'under continuous abuse' to produce more favorable coverage of premier