Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu was abruptly summoned from his ongoing corruption trial to provide testimony in a separate case Monday afternoon after two of his aides were arrested amid mounting allegations of financial ties between Netanyahu’s office and Qatar,

Benjamin Netanyahu testified to police after two men were arrested over alleged payments from the Gulf Arab state.

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu left his corruption trial abruptly on Monday to give evidence in a separate investigation into possible ties between his aides and Qatar, Israel's public broadcaster Kan reported.