Prosecutors file charges against another suspected Iran spy who allegedly took photos of Dead Sea hotels and passed them to his Iranian handlers, law enforcement announces.
Tiberias resident Yosef Ein-Eli, 23, is suspected of maintaining contact with Iranian agents since late 2024, for whom he spied in exchange for money.
While working at a hotel near the Dead Sea, the defendant allegedly passed to his handlers information about his place of work and other hotels in the area, as well as tourist sites in southern Israel.
He was also asked to gather intelligence on National Security Minister Itamar Ben Gvir, various crime families in Israel, and unspecified IDF soldiers though he is not known to have carried out these tasks. His handlers also tried, without success, to convince him to throw a grenade at a house, set cars on fire and take photos in army bases.
Ein-Eli was arrested in September this year, and was investigated by the Shin Bet and police’s Lahav’s 433 major crimes unit. He was indicted this morning in the Beersheba District Court, police say.
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