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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 568

espionage

General view of the Supreme Court in Jerusalem on January 2, 2023. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
March 26, 2025, 6:11 pm
Overturning acquittal, top court convicts woman on spying charge for Iran
Justices finds district court was wrong not to conclude that man who contacted defendant and asked for sensitive security information was an ‘enemy’ agent
By ToI Staff
Fictitious exchange between an Iranian agent and potential Israeli recruit, shown in an Israel Police video warning civilians against partaking in Iranian espionage schemes, shared on February 27, 2025. (Screenshot/Israel Police)
February 27, 2025, 2:03 pm
Israeli man indicted for carrying out activities on behalf of Iranian agents
26-year-old resident of Petah Tikva graffitied Hamas inverted red triangle and pro-Iranian messages for pay; agents sought photos of Shin Bet chief’s home, army bases
By Charlie Summers
A undated handout picture released by the family of Craig and Lindsay Foreman through Britain's Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office (FCDO) in London on February 15, 2025, shows Craig and Lindsay Foreman posing for a selfie photograph at an unknown location. (Photo by Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office/AFP)
February 18, 2025, 5:01 pm
Iran says British couple on round-the-world trip held on espionage charges
Craig and Lindsey Foreman accused of ‘posing as tourists’ to gather information while working with institutions linked to spy agencies in enemy countries
By AFP
Two IDF reservists arrested on suspicion of spying for Iran, Yuri Eliasfov (L) and Georgi Andreyev (R), appear on video at a court hearing to extend their remand on January 27, 2025. (Screenshot from Ynet)
January 31, 2025, 6:07 pm
Two IDF reservists, one of them serving in Iron Dome unit, charged with spying for Iran
The defendants, Yuri Eliasfov and Georgi Andreyev, both 21, are charged with contact with a foreign agent, transferring classified info and aiding the enemy during wartime
By ToI Staff and Charlie Summers
Two IDF reservists arrested on suspicion of spying for Iran, Yuri Eliasfov (L) and Georgi Andreyev (R), appear on video at a court hearing to extend their remand on January 27, 2025. (Screenshot from Ynet)
January 27, 2025, 2:44 pm
2 IDF reservists, one of them in Iron Dome unit, arrested on suspicion of spying for Iran
Police say main suspect transferred sensitive information about missile defense technology to Iranian handler for money, later recruited friend who served at IDF headquarters
By Charlie Summers
This image released by police on December 30, 2024, shows a car allegedly set on fire by Alexander Granovsky, a civilian recruited by 'foreign elements.' The graffiti on the car reads 'Children of Ruhollah.' (Israel Police)
December 30, 2024, 4:22 pm
Israeli who allegedly spied for Iran accused of stalking Gantz’s home, torching cars
Petah Tikva resident Alexander Granovsky accused of spray-painting messages supporting founder of Islamic Republic, in latest in over a dozen such plots foiled in recent months
By Emanuel Fabian
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
Defense Minister Yoav Gallant (right) with Brig. Gen. Yotam Sigler at the Nevatim air force base in southern Israel, October 6, 2024. (Elad Malka/Defense Ministry)
November 4, 2024, 7:29 pm
Security upped for IDF base commander after Iranian assassination plot — report
Following up on Iran International report, Channel 12 says Brig. Gen. Yotam Sigler was target of plot foiled after arrest of seven Israelis
By 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
Illustrative image: Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei listens to a speaker in a meeting in Tehran, Iran, October 2, 2024. (Office of the Iranian Supreme Leader via AP)
October 22, 2024, 1:39 pm
Daily Briefing Oct. 22: Day 382 – Iran infiltrates Israel to activate cells of operatives
Editor David Horovitz on IDF attacks on Hezbollah’s financial network, halting of Ben Gurion Airport’s takeoffs and how – if at all – the war has turned a week after Sinwar’s death
By ToI Staff
Iran is upping its cyberwarfare tactics, and is likely to only increase them further regardless of a potential Israel-Hamas ceasefire. (iStock photo/ mirsad sarajlic)
October 16, 2024, 2:06 pm
Israeli arrested for plot to kill local scientist in exchange for $100K from Iran
Vladimir Verhovsky, 35, suspected of communicating via Telegram with Iranian agents, carrying out tasks including graffiti, hanging flyers, intelligence gathering on Israeli official
By ToI Staff
Iranian Revolutionary Guard cadets march during an annual military parade marking the anniversary of the beginning of war against Iran by former Iraqi Dictator Saddam Hussein 44 years ago, in front of the shrine of the late revolutionary founder Ayatollah Khomeini, just outside Tehran, Iran, September 21, 2024. (AP Photo/Vahid Salemi)
September 23, 2024, 1:40 am
Iran’s IRGC says it arrested 12 people for alleged collaboration with Israel
Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps says alleged spies were connected to ‘series of actions planned against our country’s security’; Tehran frequently claims to foil Mossad plots
By Reuters and ToI Staff
Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich stands in a glass cage in a courtroom at the First Appeals Court of General Jurisdiction in Moscow, Russia, April 23, 2024. (Alexander Zemlianichenko/AP)
June 17, 2024, 11:29 am
Russia to start espionage trial of US reporter Gershkovich next week
First hearing of closed-door proceedings scheduled for June 26; Wall Street Journal warns it will be a ‘sham’ and that charges against its journalist are ‘false and baseless’
By Agencies
Judge Irving Kaufman (Kaufman Family Photo Collection)
May 26, 2024, 4:54 pm
Biography tries to move judge out from under shadow of controversial Rosenberg spy case
Irving R. Kaufman, remembered primarily for sending couple to electric chair, shifted over time from being almost unquestioningly pro-government to an upholder of individuals’ rights
By Renee Ghert-Zand
Shiite Muslim devotees participate in a mourning procession in Tehran on September 6, 2023, to observe Arbaeen, which marks the end of the 40-day mourning period for the killing of Imam Hussein, a founding figure in Shiite Islam and the grandson of the Prophet Mohammed, by the forces of the caliph Yazid in 680 AD. (Photo by AFP)
February 10, 2024, 1:27 pm
Report: Iran recruiting British Muslims on Middle East pilgrimages to spy on UK Jews
UK newspaper says IRGC approaches Shiite Muslims visiting religious sites in Iraq, Iran, asks them to gather intel on prominent British Jews, synagogues, Iranian dissidents
By ToI Staff
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