Current sectionIsrael NewsIsrael SecurityThe 14- and 16-year-olds allegedly received hundreds of shekels for tasks assigned over Telegram and remained in contact with the agent even after he acknowledged ties to IranShare to FacebookShare to XArticle printing is available to subscribers onlyPrint in a simple, ad-free formatSubscribeComments: Zen reading is available to subscribers onlyAd-free and in a comfortable reading formatSubscribeChen Maanit06:33 PM • August 30 2026 IDTTwo Israeli teenagers, aged 14 and 16, have been charged with carrying out tasks for an Iranian agent, including photographing shopping malls, spray-painting graffiti and attempting to recruit other teenagers.Loading...Click the alert icon to follow topics:Israel spyIran2026 Israel-Iran WarCommentsLoading...In the NewsIn the News: Live UpdatesWest BankChief RabbiGaza Militias El-Sayed NetanyahuOfer WinterRoger WatersPollHaQuizHaaretz PodcastAfter Weeks of Attacks, Palestinian Family Evicted by Order Applying to SettlersMasked Israeli Settlers Attack NBC News Crew in West BankWhat Was Mexico's Ex-president Doing at Israel's Biggest Pop Star's Wedding?Why a Planned Mikveh Has Tel Aviv Residents WorriedWhy Did an Israeli Fashion Brand Halt Sales on the Holy Day?Remembering and rebuilding two years laterICYMIHasan Piker Talks Hamas, anti-Zionism and Why Americans Are Fed Up With Israel'Israel Is Sending Militias to Commit War Crimes – and I Have to Protect Them'Israeli Court Acquits Man of Assaulting Nun in Jerusalem's Old CityPoll: Likud Sinks to 19 Seats as New Right-wing Party Falls Below ThresholdJewish Space Lasers? Israel Wants 'Rods From God'Ben-Gvir's Ambush Shook Netanyahu – and Unleashed a War for Right-wing Votes