The Israeli police announced on Monday the arrest of 6 Palestinians from the occupied West Bank and Jerusalem and the Negev for allegedly stealing a military laptop.
The Hebrew website Walla claimed that the 6 Palestinians have stolen the laptop of Hagai Topolansky the former head of the Israeli army’s manpower directorate noting that the laptop has not been found yet.
The website pointed out that indictments were served against a number of detainees while indictments will be filed against the rest of them in the coming days.
The officer Hagai Topolansky who resigned from military service after the incident was interrogated after several possessions were stolen from his house including a military laptop where he kept sensitive military documents and information.
The Israeli army decided to form a team including the Israeli police army and intelligence to track down the robbers and reach them before these documents fall into the hands of “hostile parties”.
Israel imposes strict orders prohibiting leaving computers in military vehicles or houses especially after a number of laptops and cases containing secret documents were stolen from Israeli military officers including a colonel in the air force and Ilan Levy an artillery commander in the northern command.
The Israeli army deals firmly with the officers whose computers are stolen. It may dismiss them from their positions conduct investigations and trials against them suspend their promotion or write down notes in their military records preventing them from holding senior military positions.
Four incidents of stolen military equipment computers and cell phones from officers in the Israeli army were reported since 2015.
