A Jewish businessman is said to have received money from representatives of the Iranian secret service in order to kill Israel’s Prime Minister Netanyahu. Charges have now been brought against him.
An Israeli citizen has been arrested and charged in Israel on suspicion of being recruited by Iran to assassinate high-ranking government officials. The aim was to kill Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, Defense Minister Joav Galant, or the head of the domestic intelligence service Shin Bet, Ronen Bar, according to Israeli police and Shin Bet. The suspect is said to be a Jewish Israeli.
The businessman had lived in Turkey for a long time and had contacts with Iranians there. In recent months he had been smuggled twice to Iran via Turkey for meetings with representatives of the Iranian secret service and had also been paid for the murder plans, it was said. The Israeli was arrested last month. Charges have now been brought against him.
The assassination plans were planned as revenge for the killing of Hamas foreign chief Ismail Haniya in the Iranian capital Tehran, which is attributed to Israel. During the joint meetings, the Iranian officials are said to have also suggested to the Israeli that he find Russians or Americans who would be willing to murder critics of the Iranian government in Europe or the USA.
The Shin Bet had already announced on Tuesday that it had foiled a bomb attack by the Lebanese Hezbollah militia, which is allied with Iran, on a former high-ranking Israeli security official. The attack was planned for the coming days. The target of the attack was not disclosed.
Iran and Hezbollah, meanwhile, see Israel as the mastermind behind the explosions of electronic communications equipment in Lebanon. In recent days, more than 30 people have been killed and more than 3,000 others injured, including numerous members of Hezbollah. Israel has not claimed responsibility for the attack.
Source: Stern
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