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Israel PM attacks Qatar probe as 'witch hunt' after aides arrested

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Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu denounces Qatar probe as 'witch hunt' after aides arrested.

Adviser and former spokesman arrested over alleged payments from Gulf Arab state.

Netanyahu has not been named as a suspect, adding: "There is no case" A Qatari official also dismissed the probe as a "smear campaign" against Qatar .

Qatar has helped broker two ceasefire and hostage release deals between Israel and Hamas .

Critics say it was helping Hamas to stay in power and fund its military activities.

Netanyahu claimed that the "sole purpose" of the Qatar -gate investigation was to prevent the dismissal of the director of the Shin Bet domestic security agency, which has been participating in the probe.

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