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Israeli citizen Moti Maman stands in a courtroom after he was accused by Israeli security services of involvement in an Iranian-backed assassination plot targeting prominent people including Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, in Beersheba District Court in southern Israel, September 19, 2024. REUTERS/Stringer
Israel’s police arrested an Israeli citizen allegedly recruited by Iranian intelligence to plot the assassinations of top Israeli officials, including Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, a joint statement by the police and Shin Bet said yesterday.
“An Israeli citizen was recruited by Iranian intelligence to promote assassinations of Israeli figures. He was smuggled twice into Iran and received payment for carrying out missions,” the statement said.
It said that Netanyahu, Defense Minister Yoav Gallant and Shin Bet chief Ronen Bar as well as other top officials were among the targets, reports AFP.
The Israeli citizen, “a businessman who lived in Turkey for an extended period,” maintained connections with Turkish and Iranian individuals who introduced him by phone to an Iranian businessman called Eddie, the police said.
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