The Maariv newspaper reported that the trial of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on corruption charges will be held in a hall where the heads of major criminal organizations in Israel were tried.

This came in a report by the newspaper's police and municipal affairs correspondent, Alon Hakmon, who said that Netanyahu will appear before the court on Tuesdays, Wednesdays and Thursdays of each week for 4 hours each day, and that Hall 512 in Tel Aviv has been chosen for the trial.

He said that this hall, which was built in 2016, is intended to receive testimonies from the heads of the largest criminal organizations in Israel, including Yitzhak Abergil, Moti Hussein, Avi Rohan and others, due to fears that they will flee justice and provoke their followers or attempt to intimidate lawyers.

He added that in addition to the court's special architectural design, it provides all the requirements for a secure security system that cuts off contact between the accused and the outside environment, which is what prompted the General Security Service (Shabak) to choose it to try Netanyahu.

The trial venue is located on the second floor of the court parking lot, and is made entirely of reinforced concrete and without windows, in order to thwart and prevent any threat or security risk from reaching the Prime Minister.

The entire hall is surrounded by surveillance cameras and bulletproof glass, with complete separation between the secure elevators and the hall entrances, which are accessed through sterile corridors created specifically for judges and state witnesses, in order to isolate them from the public.

The reporter said that the aim of choosing the hall was to create an area of isolation between Netanyahu and the public, especially in light of the estimate that thousands will come to the court to protest, between those who want to convict him and those who refuse to put him on trial.

For this purpose, there will be more security guards in special security circles, strict inspections will be carried out at the entrance to the court using advanced technologies, and undercover Shin Bet forces will be deployed to prevent any possible surprise.

Israeli Attorney General Avichai Mandelblit announced in late November 2019 his decision to file a formal indictment against Netanyahu and try him on three corruption charges in three separate cases. Netanyahu has repeatedly sought to delay the proceedings, citing the ongoing war on the Gaza Strip and security concerns, but the judges ordered the trial to resume on Tuesday and move the proceedings to an underground chamber in the Tel Aviv courthouse, as a security precaution.