It was on Monday that new revelations came about the spy program Pegasus.
Among other things, the son of the country's former prime minister must have been supervised, as well as several other prominent Israelis.
The Israeli newspaper Calcilist also revealed that several other Netanyahu employees and businessmen were being monitored.
The newspaper has previously reported that Pegasus was used to monitor Netanyahu's political opponents.
Serious situation
The country's incumbent prime minister, Naftali Bennet, has said it is taking the matter seriously and will take action.
The spy program Pegasus was developed by the Israeli company NSO Group and Prime Minister Bennet pointed out that the program was developed to fight terrorism, not to monitor citizens.
This describes a serious situation and is not something that belongs in a democratic state, he said at a press conference on Monday.
At the same time, legal proceedings are underway against former Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, who is accused of corruption.
The trial against him was suspended after it was revealed that, among other things, his son was being monitored.
He is the common enemy of the fragile alliance, the center-right Yesh Atid and the right-wing nationalist Yamina, which form the Israeli government.
Sold to several countries
The monitoring program has been sold to several more or less democratic countries and reports that it has been used have come from Spain, Hungary and Poland, among others.
By the end of January this year, the Finnish Ministry for Foreign Affairs reported that the program had been found in the telephones of several Finnish diplomats.
Whether the spy program has been found in Swedish diplomats' phones is unclear.
The Swedish Ministry of Foreign Affairs is silent and writes in a reply to SVT that "for security reasons, they do not comment on information concerning the threat against the Swedish Foreign Service or what measures are taken in connection with this".
Pegasus can be connected to a phone camera or microphone to retrieve information.
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Israel is appointing a committee to investigate the suspected misuse of the spy program Pegasus.
SVT's correspondent Frida Björk on site in Israel.
Photo: Joel Saget / TT / SVT