A police interrogation of Tzachi Braverman, chief of staff to Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, concluded after approximately 13 hours on Sunday, according to Hebrew media reports.

The questioning reportedly included a face-to-face confrontation with Eli Feldstein, a former spokesman to Netanyahu who is a central figure in an ongoing investigation involving the alleged leak of classified information.

Braverman�s attorney, Jack Chen, said his client fully cooperated with investigators and rejected Feldstein�s claims. �He answered all the investigators� questions, and denied every invented version of events put forward by the defendant,� Chen said in a statement to Hebrew media, adding that he is confident authorities will ultimately find the allegations to be unfounded.

According to reports, Braverman was released under restrictive conditions. These include a 30-day ban on leaving the country, a 30-day prohibition on contacting anyone involved in the investigation, and a 15-day ban from entering the Prime Minister�s Office. He is also barred from contacting Netanyahu during this period.

Braverman, who has been named as Israel�s next ambassador to the United Kingdom, has not publicly commented on the investigation.

In a television interview last month, Feldstein alleged that Braverman had advance knowledge of a secret probe into Feldstein�s alleged leak of classified material to Bild and claimed Braverman assured him the investigation could be shut down. Braverman has denied those allegations.

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