Former ‘Israeli’ soldier working in secret unit charged with spying for Iran
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An ‘Israeli’ man who previously served in a classified military unit has been arrested and charged with spying on behalf of Iran, ‘Israeli’ authorities announced on Wednesday.
In a joint statement, the ‘Israel’ Police, Defense Ministry, and Shin Bet security agency said the man was charged at the Tel Aviv District Court on July 16 with “contact with a foreign agent and attempted delivery of information for the benefit of the enemy.”
The investigation found that the suspect, who served in the classified unit during both his mandatory service and subsequent reserve duty, maintained contact with “an individual who identified himself as an Iranian intelligence agent.”
Authorities provided no further details on the specific information the man allegedly attempted to transmit or the exact timing of his arrest.
According to the official statement, the Iranian contact at one stage asked the suspect to assist in recruiting another soldier “to establish contact with those [Iranian] agents.”
The probe was conducted jointly by the Defense Ministry’s Arazim Central Unit and the Shin Bet.
The Jerusalem Post reported that the indictment was permitted for publication about two weeks after the charges were filed.
The court documents describe consistent communications between the suspect and the person claiming to represent Iranian intelligence.
This case forms part of a broader pattern of Iranian recruitment efforts targeting ‘Israelis’, including current and former military personnel, that security officials have described as increasingly aggressive in recent years.
Many of the previous cases involved financial incentives, often paid in cryptocurrency, though no such details were released in the present indictment.
