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Israel has arrested an Israeli man on suspicion of committing security offences under the direction of Iranian intelligence agents, days after Tehran executed an Iranian accused of spying for Israel, on Thursday.
The arrest remains one of the rarest cases in which Israel has charged its own citizen with spying.
The suspect was arrested this month in a joint operation by Israeli police and Shin Bet, Israel’s domestic intelligence agency.
“The suspect was identified as having conducted photography in the vicinity of the home of former prime minister Naftali Bennett,” a joint police and Shin Bet statement said as quoted by AFP.
“As part of his contact with Iranian handlers, he was instructed to purchase a dash camera in order to carry out the task,” it added further.
The 40 year old has been filed based on the photographs taken in his city and other locations in exchange for sums of money, according to the statement issued.
In May, Israel announced the arrest of an 18-year-old Israeli for spying on Bennett.
Last week, Iran said it had executed an Iranian citizen convicted of spying for Israel.
In June, Israel launched strikes on Iranian military and nuclear sites as well as residential areas escalating the West Asia crisis.
Iran responded with drone and missile strikes on Israel, and later on in war, the United States joined Israel in targeting Iranian nuclear facilities.
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