An appeals court increased damages awarded to the journalist considered critical of Netanyahu's government by over $18,000, ruling that online publications on pro-Netanyahu Channel 14 exposed their defamatory claims to additional audiences

The meeting follows repeated requests by Eisenkot's associates for a security briefing. He was initially scheduled to meet Netanyahu's military secretary on Thursday, but the prime minister's office asked to reschedule it with Netanyahu in attendance

Noam Sohlberg said the information warranted further investigation, found no indication that the attorney general had rejected Shin Bet requests and criticized leaks as harmful to the probe