Current sectionIsrael NewsIsrael SecurityInvestigators suspect Israel Prison Service Commissioner Kobi Yaakobi sent a senior subordinate to secretly record and extract information from the head of the police spokesperson's unit, the key witness in the case against himShare to FacebookShare to XArticle printing is available to subscribers onlyPrint in a simple, ad-free formatSubscribeComments: Zen reading is available to subscribers onlyAd-free and in a comfortable reading formatSubscribeJosh Breiner07:23 PM • June 17 2026 IDTIsrael Prison Service Commissioner Kobi Yaakobi and a senior police official were questioned under warning on suspicion of harassing the principal witness in a case in which Yaakobi himself is a suspect.Loading...Click the alert icon to follow topics:Israel policeIsrael Prison ServiceCommentsLoading...In the NewsIn the News: Israel-Iran Live UpdatesU.S.-Iran DealIDF-LebanonGaza FlotillaAIPAC's PlaybookIsrael FlightsWorld CupHaQuizHaaretz PodcastIsrael Police Chief Questioned Under Caution on Suspicion of Witness HarassmentIsrael Summons Belarusian Envoy Over Lukashenko's Gaza Holocaust CommentKnesset Grants Likud MK Immunity After She Exposed Identity of Shin Bet AgentToronto Police Link Gun-for-hire Networks to Shootings at Synagogues, ConsulateMeet Al Shami, the Syrian Singer Giving Voice to Arab Gen ZRemembering and rebuilding two years laterICYMIHumiliated by Trump on the Iran Front, Netanyahu May Set the Middle East Ablaze'Once-in-a-lifetime Discovery': 1,700-year-old Roman Busts Found in IsraelTrump and Netanyahu Hurtling Toward a Rupture That Could Shock U.S.-Israel TiesWhy Does the Jewish State Keep Deporting Diaspora Jews?The Fake Gaza Charity Linked to the Anti-left Disinformation Campaign in FranceFork Found in Kitchen: Israelis Have Discovered the Occupation