A 23-year-old Israeli who works at a hotel at the Dead Sea was arrested this week on suspicion of spying for Iran, Israel Police announced on Friday.
Lahav 433 and the Shin Bet conducted the investigation, and revealed that he had been in contact with Iranian intelligence officials for some time and had carried out missions under their direction.
According to the police statement, the Israeli citizen carried out "collection missions" for the Islamic Republic at the hotel where he worked.
He had also reportedly taken photographs of the hotel and its surroundings for Iranian intelligence.
Two others indicted the same day for spying for Iran
KAN additionally reported on Friday that another civilian, Tal Amram, 26, and an IDF reservist, Maor Kringel, 27, had indictments filed against them.
Both of them are residents of Holon, Walla reported.
Kringel is accused of aiding enemy forces during wartime by providing them with key information. He provided Iranian agents with documentation and locations of ports, stores, shopping malls, private homes, public centers, municipal buildings, and government and judicial bodies, according to KAN.
The indictment filed by the Tel Aviv District Attorney's Office said that he maintained contact with Iranian agents from mid-2024 until his arrest last August.
He had also informed the foreign agents of his reserve service, and provided addresses of the various IDF bases where he had served, Israeli media reported. Other reports in Israeli media said that Kringel was asked by the foreign agents to kill his commander in exchange for NIS 100,000, and that he was invited to attend meetings with Iranian agents in Turkey and Azerbaijan.
Last January, at the request of the foreign agents, he began recruiting additional Israeli citizens to carry out the missions, including Tal Amram. Amram contacted one of the foreign agents the following month, knowing that he was acting on behalf of an operative hostile to Israel.