Regarding the conversation between Detective Hamami and Defendant 1, Superintendent Michaeli testified that Detective Hamami called him several times while he was guarding Defendant 1 and told him that he wanted to tell the truth; He warned Hamami not to talk to Defendant 1 about the incident and told him that as soon as an interrogator was evacuated, he would be taken, and the matter was delayed in light of the interrogation of Defendant 2 (pp. 210-211). Later, the interrogator Lazmi entered the interrogation with him and after a few minutes announced that defendant 1 wanted to show where the gun was, and he ordered the interrogation to be halted for that purpose (p. 216).
In his cross-examination, Superintendent Michaeli clarified that the commander of the Central Intelligence Unit had arrived at the Sderot station to be updated on the progress of the investigation, since there was an unusual and serious incident that had been dealt with that day, and not because an investigation of those involved had been conducted (pp. 222-223). According to him, he himself was informed about the content of the interrogation conducted for Defendant 2 by the commander of the Central Intelligence Unit and Investigator Malichi only after it was completed, and the investigation team was also informed about this in general terms and not in detail; When Detectives Hamami and Buskila are not connected to the investigation team and are not supposed to be informed of what is happening in the investigation (pp. 225-227). He further stated that when Defendant 1 said that he wanted to tell the truth, he himself wanted to know first what would lead to the conversation between Defendant 2 and the commander of the Intelligence Unit, and therefore he told Detective Hamami to wait until an investigator was available, and precisely because he knew that the conversation was not being recorded, he ordered him not to talk to Defendant 1 about the incident; When Hamami's role was solely to protect Defendant 1 (pp. 229-230, 236-238).