UPDATE: Jewish-Israeli Iranian Spy Ring Gave Tehran "Real-Time" GPS Missile Targeting Coordinates
Updated: The seven members are accused of severe espionage in wartime against IDF and strategic energy sites. And they're not the first...
Official statement: “It was allowed to be published that as part of a combined countermeasures operation of the General Security Service, Yahbal Lahav 433 in the Israel Police and the Information Security Department of the AMAN, seven Israeli citizens, Jews, residents of Haifa and the North who were employed by Iranian agents and performed various security tasks for them, were arrested for questioning.
New—and frankly, almost unbelievable—details are emerging about the Israeli cell that worked for Iran, according to Kan 11 Israel News:
"The cell provided direct assistance to Iran before the Iranian attack in April. They were instructed by the Iranian agent to specifically document the Nevatim Air Force base in the south, where they took still photos, videos, and marked GPS points around the base at various locations. After the attack and the damage caused by Iranian ballistic missiles at Nevatim (as reported by the IDF Spokesperson), the cell was sent again, this time to document the damage, pinpoint where around the base the missiles had struck and were asked to send coordinates of the damage to help improve future offensive operations. Each piece of documentation sent by the cell was reviewed by the Iranians, and only after verification, they received between one thousand and two thousand shekels per piece. (Via Jewish Breaking News)
“Among the arrested members of the infrastructure - Aziz Nisanov, Alexander Sedikov, Vyacheslav Goshchin, Yevgeny Yufa, Yigal Nisan and two minors whose names cannot be published.
“The investigation of those involved in the Shin Bet and the police revealed that the suspects carried out a series of different security tasks for the Iranian intelligence agencies, under the direction of two agents from the Iranian intelligence - "Alkhan" and "Oran", while the members of the infrastructure are aware that the information they pass on to the agents harms the security of the state, And in some cases can even help the enemy in favor of a missile attack.
“As part of the operation, the infrastructure carried out hundreds of information gathering tasks on IDF bases throughout the country, with an emphasis on Air Force and Navy bases, ports, locations of Iron Dome systems and energy infrastructures, including the Hadera power plant, all in exchange for a payment of hundreds of thousands of dollars, which were carried out, among other things, using cryptocurrencies.
“The described activity included photographing and documenting the various sites that the members of the infrastructure handed over to the agents. As part of the missions, the members of the squad were assisted with advanced and specialized equipment that they had purchased ahead of time for the purpose of carrying out the missions, all under the guidance of the Iranian agents.
“The investigation also revealed that the members of the infrastructure were asked to collect information about a number of Israeli citizens at the request of the Iranian agents, and subsequently collected such information also as part of the surveillance they conducted on some of the targets.
“Some of the members of the infrastructure were arrested as part of their attempt to gather intelligence on an Israeli citizen who lived near the place of their arrest, when the security officials estimated that the Iranians planned to harm him.
“A senior Shin Bet official: "As part of the investigation, many materials were seized that were collected by the members of the infrastructure and handed over to the Iranian agents, including photographs and videos of many IDF bases throughout the country, ports, energy infrastructures in Israel, all while the State of Israel is engaged in combat in several different arenas. [It is] estimated that the activity of the members of the infrastructure led to security damage to the security of the state.'
“The police said: ‘During the open investigation, the seriousness of the events and their scope were revealed, which are among the most serious that the State of Israel has known. The suspects acted while knowing about their actions and out of greed for money - and harmed the State of Israel and its citizens.’
“An indictment is expected to be filed by the prosecutor's office in the coming days.
“This investigation reveals, once again, the efforts of the Iranian intelligence agencies to recruit and exploit Israeli citizens in order to promote espionage and terrorist activity in Israel.
“The security agencies of the State of Israel, including the Shin Bet and the Israel Police, will continue to work in cooperation to detect Iranian activity and will work to bring to justice severely all those involved in such activity.”
“In the wake of the alarming arrest of a Ramat Gan couple suspected of espionage, Israel Hayom revisits the prominent cases of Israelis who spied for Iran.”
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Dear God take away our hearts of stone. How could they??? Money?? No, people would starve first. How twisted to do this to your own.
Nice catch. There's always the traitors. That's why Shin Bet, Mossad, CIA, and the FBI exist.