A plea agreement was closed today (Wednesday) in the 'impersonating officer' case in the Southern Command: Assaf Shmuelevich, the officer accused of a series of serious security offenses, admitted to everything attributed to him in the indictment.
Despite the confession, Shmuelovich claimed that he acted without being responsible for his actions at the time of committing the offenses.
According to a report by Ayla Hasson in Kan News, as part of the arrangement, which was concluded in cooperation with the district psychiatrist, his sentence was imposed - and Shmuelevich will serve it in a hospital rather than incarceration.
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The affair stirred up the security establishment during the 'Iron Swords' War. The offenses Shmuelovich was charged with were serious espionage, passing on information, entering a secret place, and receiving something fraudulently under aggravated circumstances.
According to the indictment filed in January 2024 by the Southern District Attorney's Office to the Beer Sheva District Court, the events began on the morning of October 7, with the outbreak of the Hamas terrorist attack.
Shmuelevich, who was not called up for reserve service, decided to join the IDF on his own initiative. He put on a uniform, posed as an officer with the rank of captain, and arrived in the combat zone.
The indictment describes how Shmuelevich took advantage of the chaos and operational overload that prevailed at the Southern Command headquarters in the early days of the war. By making false representations to officers and military officials, he managed to penetrate sensitive areas and gain access to highly classified information.
Among other things, it was alleged that the defendant was not only exposed to the information, but also documented it in various ways and on several occasions shared it with civilian and military officials who were not authorized to be exposed to it.
