An East Jerusalem resident is accused of photographing sensitive sites, burning IDF property and hanging posters around Jerusalem. The accused was offered money to cause wildfires and engage in terrorist attacks, but did not commit the acts
Israel's State Prosecutor indicted an East Jerusalem resident in his thirties on Friday for allegedly completing missions assigned to him by "someone who identified themselves as working for the Iranian government" in exchange for thousands of Shekels.
According to the Prosecutor's statement, the East Jerusalem resident from the neighborhood of Issawiya completed a variety of assignments around the city, such as hanging flyers in support of the former Shin Bet security agency chief, Ronen Bar, photographing "sensitive sites across Jerusalem," and burning IDF uniform.
Other proposed missions included committing a terrorist act in central Israel targeting Jewish Israelis, and starting a forest fire for 10,000 shekels, which the accused, Rajb Salah, turned down.
Since the start of the war, over 20 cases of espionage involving Israeli citizens working for Iran have been foiled, according to the Shin Bet and police. A security source said this case "joins a series of recent incidents demonstrating repeated attempts by hostile intelligence and terrorist organizations to recruit Israeli civilians to carry out missions aimed at harming Israel's security and its citizens."
