Israeli security sources say Tehran is trying to infiltrate the country at a rapidly increasing rate.
Iranian espionage in Israel is at an all-time high, Israeli security sources say.Israeli authorities have arrested nearly 30 people, most of them Jewish citizens, faced with allegations of spying for Iran.
Last week, the agency and Israel's police said a father and son team had passed on details of Israeli force movements, including in the Golan Heights where they lived. As Syrians expressed obvious relief at the end of 54 years of one of the most brutal dictatorships of modern times, their neighbour Israel reacted in a very different way: it launched a bombing campaign of 480 strikes in 48 hours.
Shin Bet on October 21 said the espionage activities were "among the most severe the state of Israel has known."The unusual decision to provide detailed public accounts of the alleged plots was a move by Israel's security services to signal both to Iran and potential saboteurs inside Israel that they would be caught, Ben Hanan said.
The recruiting efforts are at times direct. One message sent to an Israeli civilian and seen by Reuters promised $15,000 in exchange for information, with an email and number to call.
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