Two close associates of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu have been remanded in custody for three days, following their arrest on Monday by Israeli police in connection with an investigation into suspected unlawful ties between the senior aides and Qatar,

Benjamin Netanyahu testified to police after two men were arrested over alleged payments from the Gulf Arab state.

As advisers are held and premier himself is summoned by police, opposition figures say his 'wave of spin' is meant to divert attention from other issues, call for him to be probed The post Netanyahu’s party: Arrest of PM’s aides in Qatargate probe is ‘coup d’état’ by AG,