Security forces arrested last night two Jewish Israelis suspected of carrying out missions for Iran, say the police and Shin Bet.
The two suspects are just one of 22 incidents of Iranian espionage thwarted by authorities since the outbreak of the war, according to spokespeople for the agencies.
The suspects’ identifying details remain barred from publication after a gag order was placed on the investigation.
“With a campaign against Iran in full swing, firing at population centers and strategic locations in Israel, we are witnessing the damage and danger posed by cooperating with the Iranian enemy, which exploits the information that these Israelis transferred in order to harm Israel,” says the Shin Bet in a statement.
The two suspects were arrested in an overnight raid by Shin Bet agents and officers in Yamam, the Border Police’s elite counter-terror unit.
They were interrogated by investigators in the police’s Lahav 433 major crimes unit and are being held on suspicion of committing grave security offenses, police say.
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