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The statement revealed that Netanyahu, Defense Minister Yoav Galant, Shin Bet chief Ronen Bar and other senior officials were among the targets. The allegations come after a series of unprecedented attacks this week where hundreds of pagers and walkie-talkies used by Hezbollah exploded in Lebanon, resulting in 32 deaths and over 3,000 injuries.
Israeli police have arrested a local citizen. It is being told that the man was allegedly recruited by Iranian intelligence to plan the assassination of high-ranking officials, including Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. News agency AFP reported, citing a joint statement by the police and Shin Bet, one of the main branches of the Israeli intelligence community. The statement said that Iranian intelligence agencies recruited an Israeli citizen to promote the assassination of Israeli figures. He was smuggled into Iran twice and paid to carry out the mission.
The statement revealed that Netanyahu, Defense Minister Yoav Galant, Shin Bet chief Ronen Bar and other senior officials were among the targets. The allegations come after a series of unprecedented attacks this week where hundreds of pagers and walkie-talkies used by Hezbollah exploded in Lebanon, resulting in 32 deaths and over 3,000 injuries. According to police, the Israeli citizen is said to be a businessman who had lived in Turkey for a long time. He was introduced to an Iranian businessman named Eddie over the phone.
The man, identified by local media as a Jewish resident of Ashkelon, first traveled to Iran to meet Eddy in May 2024, but faced difficulties in leaving the country. During this trip, he also met an Iranian security operative named Hajjah.
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