An 18-year-old Israeli from the central city of Yavne has been arrested on suspicion of accepting Iranian orders to collect intelligence on the security detail of former Israeli prime minister Naftali Bennett, the Shin Bet and Israel Police have confirmed.
The suspect, identified as Moshe Atias, was arrested in April on suspicion of national security offences after collecting intelligence outside the cardiac unit of Meir Medical Centre in Kfar Saba during the former premier's cardiac catheterisation, according to the joint statement.
"At the request of the Iranian operator, the suspect documented a floor in the hospital that contained a room with guards who secured the former prime minister," the statement claimed.
Under instruction from his handlers, who were said to have been linked to "Iranian terror elements", Atias is alleged to have conducted "a large number of different missions, while understanding that these could harm state security, all for the sake of financial gain”.
