Israel Govt Arrests Citizen Recruited By Iran To Kill Prime Minister
An Israeli citizen has been arrested by the country’s police on suspicion of having been recruited by Iran to plot the assassinations of top officials including Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.
This was disclosed by the police in a joint statement with the Shin Bet domestic security service said.
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.”
Among the alleged targets were Netanyahu, Defence Minister Yoav Gallant and Shin Bet chief Ronen Bar, the statement said.
Israeli media identified the man as Mordechai Maman of Ashkelon and said he was born in 1952, without specifying his birth date.
The reports said he had been in custody since August 29.
The joint statement from the police and Shin Bet said he was “a businessman who lived in Turkey for an extended period” and maintained connections with Turks and Iranians who introduced him by phone to an Iranian businessman called Eddie.
