Seven Israelis arrested for allegedly spying on military sites for Iran

Seven Israelis are accused of photographing and collecting information on IDF bases and facilities, including the Kirya defence headquarters in Tel Aviv and the Nevatim and Ramat David air bases, as well as Iron Dome battery sites.

The suspects, who are all Jewish and live in Haifa and the north, include two juveniles and a soldier who left the military. Azis Nisanov, Alexander Sadykov, Vyacheslav Gushchin, Yevgeny Yoffe, and Yigal Nissan are the adult suspects.

The Nevatim base was targeted in both Iranian missile attacks this year, and Ramat David has been targeted by Hezbollah.

The suspects are also accused of receiving maps of strategic sites from their handlers, including the Golani base hit in a deadly drone strike earlier this month.

Prosecutors say police and Shin Bet investigators found that the suspects carried out a series of different tasks for Iranian intelligence agencies, and were in contact with Iranian agents.

Investigators claim that the suspects received hundreds of thousands of dollars, some in bitcoin, in exchange for their acts.

Prosecutors claim that all of the accused have engaged in espionage since the beginning of the conflict, and some have been spying for Iran for two years.

According to the State Attorney’s Office, it is among the most serious cases that have been looked into recently.

On Friday, prosecutors want to indict the seven suspects for security offenses and ask that they be detained until the end of the legal process, according to the prosecution.

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