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Thursday, July 3, 2025
Two Tiberias men indicted on accusations of carrying out missions for Iran, plotting to assassinate senior Israeli figure
State prosecutors file an indictment against two young men from Tiberias accused of carrying out missions on behalf of Iran, including a plot to assassinate a senior Israeli figure.
According to the indictment, 18-year-old Yoni Segal and 20-year-old Omri Mizrahi maintained contact with several Iranian agents for around a month, from mid-May up until their arrest on June 15.
The pair began with small tasks, writing “Bibi is a dictator” on slips of paper and banknotes, then filming videos of themselves burning the messages.
The agents later employed them to gather intelligence on shopping malls and hospitals, paying them NIS 1,000 ($298) each to film videos documenting several locations each day.
The two provided information on the number of entrances to each building and on the number of security guards stationed at each site, prosecutors say.
They were arrested while allegedly preparing to travel to Iran to undergo shooting training with the goal of assassinating a senior Israeli figure whose identity was not disclosed to the defendants.
Channel 12 previously reported that the agents sought to kill a high-ranking Israeli scientist.
The handlers promised each defendant NIS 200,000 ($60,000) in cryptocurrency, as well as to relocate them and their families to Iran if they were to carry out the assassination.
The two men planned to meet the agents in Turkey or Greece, where they would be brought to Iran for training.
Segal suggested to one of the agents, who went by the alias “Dior,” that he leave Israel by boat to Cyprus or Greece. He received NIS 7,000 ($2,083) from the agent as an advance payment for the trip.
According to prosecutors, the defendants were fully aware that they were in contact with Iranian agents. They are charged with contact with a foreign agent and providing intelligence to the enemy.
Segal is also charged with obstruction of justice for deleting messages he exchanged with one of the agents in an attempt to conceal evidence.
The Times of Israel Community.