Major espionage affair in the IDF: soldier arrested after allegedly passing secret information to Iran for money

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According to Arutz Sheva, the Military Advocate General's Office filed an indictment against an IDF soldier suspected of passing sensitive military information to an Iranian operative for about a year, in exchange for payment in digital currencies. According to Israel Hayom, the soldier was arrested in September at the conclusion of joint activity by the Shin Bet, the police and the Military Intelligence Directorate, and maintained continuous contact with Iranian intelligence officials for about six months.

According to the indictment, the soldier passed on information about bases, alert levels, interceptors, commanders and fellow members of his unit, and photographed American refueling aircraft. According to Walla, he was offered $200,000 in exchange for traveling to Iran. According to Channel 14, among other things he was asked to install malicious applications.