The Military Court of Cassation is set to examine the case of ISF Officer Suzanne Al-Hajj and to mull the options of appealing the verdict that was issued last week and according to which the latter was acquitted of charges in the case of Ziad Itani.

The Daily Star newspaper quoted a judicial source as saying that Judge Ghassan Khoury, who represents the court’s prosecution, had requested the case file from the Military Tribunal’s head, Brig. Gen. Hussein Abdullah.

After Abdullah replied that the file was referred to the military prosecution, Khoury turned to Military Prosecutor Peter Germanos to get the case.

The judicial source said Germanos was likely send it, and that if he did not, he would have to provide a justification for his decision.

Hajj, former head of the ISF's Cyber Crime and Intellectual Property Rights Protection Office, has been tried for her suspected connection to the case of Ziad Itani, Lebanese comedian, director and playwright who was charged with collaborating with Israel.

Hajj was suspected of being involved in framing up Itani along with other accomplices, including Ghabash who worked as an informant for the State Security and was hired to open fake accounts online that helped fabricate evidence implicating Itani.

The Military Court sentenced Ghabash to one year in jail.

Following the verdict, Judge Hani al-Hajjar requested that he would be transferred from the Military Tribunal, citing “misconduct” within the court.

Hajjar had been surprised at how Germanos attended the closing trial session and called for Hajj's acquittal, the same judicial source told The Daily Star.

The verdict and Hajjar's transfer request stirred up tensions between the Free Patriotic Movement and the Future Movement.

Over the weekend, Future Secretary-General Ahmad Hariri and Defense Minister Elias Bou Saab engaged in a war of words, with the first accusing the second of meddling into the Military Court's work.