Former Israeli female soldier accused of leaking ‘top secret’ information to newspaper

Former Israeli soldier charged with espionage

JERUSALEM — A former Israeli female soldier has been charged with espionage for allegedly leaking more than 2,000 classified military documents to a local newspaper.

A censored version of the indictment against 23-year-old Anat Kamm says she copied the documents and relayed them to the Haaretz newspaper. Some 700 were classified as “top secret.”

Kamm has been under house arrest since December but the detention has been kept under wraps by a court-imposed gag order.

The court eased the restrictions Thursday after details of the case were reported by foreign media, including The Associated Press.

Prosecutors believe she is the source for a Haaretz story that accused the military of killing Palestinian militants in violation of a Supreme Court ruling.