Two aides to Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu are suspected of taking money to spread pro-Qatari messaging to reporters, in order to boost the Gulf state's image as a mediator in hostage talks between Israel and Hamas, all while in the prime minister's employ, an Israeli judge said on Tuesday, as he lifted a gag order on the so-called Qatargate case.

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