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A trailer carrying the coffins containing the bodies of Hezbollah's former leader Hassan Nasrallah and his cousin and successor Hashem Safieddine drives through the crowd as it enters the Sports City Stadium during a funeral procession in Beirut, February 23, 2025. (Hassan Ammar/AP)
June 10, 2026, 4:44 pm
Alleged spy’s mysterious vanishing spotlights Israel’s intelligence grip in Lebanon
Khaled al-Aydi, said to be a Palestinian refugee from Syria with Ukrainian citizenship, was held by Hezbollah, then escaped and disappeared, apparently via Ukrainian embassy
By ABBY SEWELL and Sally Abou Aljoud
An image of text messages apparently sent from Iran to Israelis calling on them to cooperate with the Islamic Republic on May 12, 2026 (Israel Police)
May 12, 2026, 1:54 pm
Iran sends mass text message to Israelis, inviting them to share intelligence
Hebrew-language notifications urge recipients to ‘build your future’ by contacting Iranian embassies; Israel’s Cyber Directorate urges against clicking on any included links
By Charlie Summers and ToI Staff
Iranian policemen stand guard next to banners showing portraits of slain supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei at the Enqelab-e-Eslami, or Islamic Revolution, square in downtown Tehran, Iran, March 14, 2026. (AP Photo/Vahid Salemi)
March 15, 2026, 3:24 pm
Iran said to arrest 20 people for allegedly cooperating with Israel
The Islamic Republic, which frequently accuses people of spying without evidence, has reportedly arrested hundreds of alleged collaborators in recent days
By AFP and ToI Staff
Israeli srcurity and rescue forces inspect the damage at the scene where a missile fired from Iran toward Israel caused damage in Bnei Brak, central Israel, March 15, 2026. (Chaim Goldberg/Flash90)
March 15, 2026, 2:00 pm
Iran fires 7 more missile salvos at Israel, attacks Gulf; IDF launches ‘extensive’ strikes
At least eight injured in missile attacks as cluster munitions cause widespread damage; IRGC threatens to ‘pursue and kill’ Netanyahu; US orders evacuations from Oman, Iraq
By Emanuel Fabian, Diana Bletter, Agencies and ToI Staff
This picture shows a residential building that was hit in an Israeli strike covered with a big Iranian flag, in Tehran on June 25, 2025. (Atta Kenare/AFP)
December 8, 2025, 2:40 pm
Iran says dual national arrested during June war on trial for spying for Israel
Judiciary claims unnamed person who entered country a month before 12-day conflict was trained in European countries and Israel
By Reuters and ToI Staff
Illustrative: Motorists drive their vehicles past a billboard depicting Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, in the center of Tehran's Valiasr Square, on July 13, 2025. (ATTA KENARE / AFP)
July 27, 2025, 3:20 pm
Iran-born Israeli charged with giving Tehran sensitive info on Israel’s war plans
Israeli citizen with well-connected friend allegedly informed on Iranian agent who’d been helping Israel, and told his handler in May that Israel was going to attack Iran
By Charlie Summers and ToI Staff
This picture shows a residential building that was hit in an Israeli strike covered with a big Iranian flag, in Tehran on June 25, 2025. (Atta Kenare/AFP)
July 17, 2025, 5:15 pm
Bedouin teacher, IDF soldier latest to be charged with spying for Iran
Prosecutors say Tahani Abu Samhan filmed jets taking off during Israel’s war last month with Iran; soldier allegedly filmed rocket interceptions, photographed missile impact sites
By Charlie Summers and Emanuel Fabian
Vehicles drive past a banner showing portraits of the Iranian armed forces commanders and nuclear scientists who were killed in Israeli strikes, at Tajrish Square in northern Tehran, Iran, June 30, 2025. (AP/Vahid Salemi)
July 1, 2025, 6:23 am
Two dozen Iranian Jews accused of contact with Israel as mass arrests rattle community
Former communal leader says 11 arrested in post-war sweep have been let go, but others face charges over phone calls to relatives in Israel, as regime hunts for spies who helped Mossad
By Larry Cohler-Esses
Illustrative: An Israel Police car in Tel Aviv on April 12, 2020. (joseh51camera/iStock by Getty Images)
May 16, 2025, 10:07 pm
16-year-old Israeli arrested for carrying out tasks on behalf of Iranian agents
Teen hid money, photographed sites and printed inciting flyers in exchange for money, officials say
By ToI Staff
Moti Maman, accused of being recruited by Iran to advance an assassination plot of the prime minister, defense minister, or the head of the Shin Bet, is seen in a court in Beersheba on September 19, 2024. (Dudu Greenspan/Flash90)
April 29, 2025, 2:39 pm
Israeli convicted of plotting assassinations for Iran sentenced to 10 years
Court notes Moti Maman twice traveled to Iran while Israel was fighting Iranian proxies; defense says it will appeal ‘disproportionate’ sentence
By Jeremy Sharon and ToI Staff
View of Nazareth, in northern Israel, March 25, 2024. (Nati Shohat/Flash90)
December 19, 2024, 8:19 pm
Nazareth resident, 19, charged with spying for Hezbollah during war
Mohammad Sa’adi allegedly gave information about rocket impacts, troop locations and plane movements to Lebanese terror group and allied TV station; also asked to join as a fighter
By ToI Staff
An Israeli man is detained on suspicion of spying for Iran in a picture released on December 9, 2024. (Israel Police)
December 9, 2024, 2:35 pm
Police accuse Nof Hagalil man of burning cars, spray-painting messages for Iran
Artyom Zolotarev suspected of taking on tasks even after he realized who was paying him, but authorities say he also turned down requests to spy for Tehran or aid murder plot
By Emanuel Fabian and ToI Staff
Security forces arrest two residents of the northern Druze village of Mas'ade on suspicion spying for Iran's IRGC Quds Force, in a photo cleared for publication on December 6, 2024. (Israel Police)
December 6, 2024, 12:13 pm
Father, son from northern Druze village accused of spying for Iran’s IRGC Quds Force
Shin Bet reveals it arrested duo from Mas’ade in November, charging they passed info on IDF activity in Golan Heights to Iranian handlers — the latest in flood of espionage cases
By Emanuel Fabian and ToI Staff
Illustrative: Police officers in Jerusalem on October 11, 2024. (Chaim Goldberg/Flash90)
October 31, 2024, 3:08 pm
Israeli couple from Lod, man from Bnei Brak are latest charged with spying for Iran
In new espionage cases, prosecutors say pair tracked woman at top security think tank, while man spied on nuclear scientist for potential assassination
By ToI Staff
F-35i fighter jets are seen at the Nevatim Air Base in southern Israel, in an undated handout photo. (Israel Defense Forces)
October 25, 2024, 3:13 pm
Alleged spy ring that took pictures for Iran charged with aiding enemy in wartime
Seven Israelis accused of photographing hundreds of sites, including IDF bases, ports, Iron Domes, a soccer stadium and a southern town, over several years
By ToI Staff
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