Seven Israelis arrested for alleged espionage activities in favor of Iran

Those arrested would have taken photographs and collected information about military bases and batteries of the ‘Iron Dome’

Oct. 21 (EUROPA PRESS) –

Israeli authorities have detained seven Israelis for alleged espionage activities on behalf of Iran, including taking photographs and collecting information on military bases and headquarters and the location of batteries of the ‘Iron Dome’ air defense system.

The Israeli Prosecutor’s Office has indicated that all those detained are residents of Haifa and other areas in the north of the country and has added that among them there is a soldier who deserted his post and two minors. Among the targets photographed are the Nevatim base, attacked by Iran, and Ramat David, attacked by the Lebanese Shiite militia party Hezbollah.

In addition, these people are accused of receiving maps of strategic locations from their Iranian contacts, including the Golani base, recently attacked by Hezbollah, an event that resulted in the death of four soldiers, according to the newspaper ‘The Times of Israel’. ‘.

In this sense, the Israeli Prosecutor’s Office has noted that the suspects were in contact with Iranian agents and carried out activities in favor of the Iranian Intelligence services in exchange for various payments, some of them in cryptocurrencies. Thus, he stressed that some of them had been carrying out these tasks for two years.

For this reason, he has emphasized that this is one of the most serious cases that he has investigated in recent years and has announced that he intends to charge all detainees with security charges, who will remain in custody until the procedures are completed. legal against them.

The announcement comes a week after authorities confirmed the arrest of two Israeli citizens suspected of carrying out acts of sabotage on behalf of Iran and of planning the assassination of a senior official in the country, without for now there being details on who it would be. the objective of this alleged plot.

Israeli authorities have claimed in recent months to have dismantled several Iranian plots, including the recruitment of Israelis to carry out the assassination of several senior officials, including Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Defense Minister Yoav Gallant.