Zygier findings set for release A PRELIMINARY inquiry conducted by the Israel Prisons Service found that dual Australian-Israeli citizen Ben Zygier committed suicide in solitary confinement by hanging himself with a bed sheet tied to the bars of his cell, a local newspaper reported on Tuesday. As speculation continues about what role the 34-year-old played as an agent for the secret service, Mossad, as well as how much the Australian intelligence agency ASIO knew about his activities, Israel's Ministry of Justice was preparing to release the results of the full inquiry into his death conducted by Judge Daphna Blatman-Kedrai, which are expected any day now. The initial inquiry was undertaken, according to reports in the Maariv newspaper, immediately after Mr Zygier's death on December 15, 2010. A spokeswoman from the Israel Prisons Service said: "I saw the [report in the] paper but I am unable to comment on it." According to Maariv, the preliminary inquiry examined the logbooks of the control room of Ayalon Prison - it reported that because Mr Zygier was not classed as suicidal, the guards were only checking on him every 20 to 25 minutes on the security cameras. Meanwhile, Australia's leading Jewish community organisation has broken a week-long silence on the case. In a statement issued Tuesday, the Executive Council of Australian Jewry welcomed announcements by the Australian and Israeli governments of inquiries into the circumstances surrounding the death of Mr Zygier. "We welcome the fact that the Israeli Parliament's Foreign Affairs and Defence Subcommittee for Intelligence and the Israeli State Attorney's office, part of the Ministry of Justice, have both announced that they will be conducting investigations into the circumstances surrounding Ben Zygier's death," Executive Council president Dr Danny Lamm said in a written statement. Mr Zygier, who reportedly served with the Israeli foreign intelligence service Mossad, was arrested in Israel in February 2010.