Responding to petitions against decision to close cases, justice officials say evidence does not support opening of criminal investigations into the affairs

Rejecting criticism of Supreme Court chief justice, Mandelblit says investigation would have 'a very low chance of yielding a result' and would impinge on suspects' privacy

Contradicting Netanyahu, Roni Alsheich says 2017 incident, in which law enforcement has been accused of suppressing evidence, was 'certainly a terrorist attack'

Acknowledging 'deficiencies,' Matanyahu Englman says he will look at accusation of police misconduct in annual report but won't open separate investigation

Justice Hayut criticizes AG for failure to investigate leaks, which she says harm defendants and prosecution; Mandelblit, Ohana trade blows over charges against PM

But Nissenkorn slams Netanyahu's attempt to link 2017 case of Yaqoub Abu al-Qia’an, who was smeared as an Islamic State-supporting terrorist, to his own legal woes

Speaking at IDC conference, Gadi Eisenkot appears to criticize prime minister's attacks on police and state attorney's office, questions sale of F-35s to UAE

According to TV report, officials suspect someone may have intentionally infiltrated the system and erased secret folder; files have apparently been restored

Judge David Rozen said to be looking into whether any information was hidden from officials who decided to close probe into attorney general in Harpaz affair

Ohana says Mazuz must step aside on matter of acting prosecutor’s tenure to prevent 'significant damage to the integrity' of judicial process