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Here are the latest news headlines from this morning that reached our news desk. The times given are Jerusalem time (GMT +3)
8:00 AM - Money from Community Fund to Private Pocket: Ashkelon Mayor Is Suspect in Corruption Case
Ashkelon Mayor Tomer Glam is the mayor who was questioned on suspicion of corruption on Monday. According to the suspicion, donation funds received by the municipality under his leadership, totaling millions, which came from sources in Israel and abroad, were transferred to a community fund and from there found their way into the private pockets of Glam and his associates - assistants and department heads.
A relative of Ashkelon Mayor Tomer Glam and three businesspeople have been summoned for questioning under caution in the corruption affair involving the mayor and senior municipality officials, who are suspected of pocketing money from donations to the city. The mayor's relative conducted resilience workshops during the war for city residents, funded by the Ashkelon Foundation.
