Two IDF soldiers were indicted on charges of spying for Iran in exchange for financial compensation, the military, police, and Shin Bet (Israel Security Agency) announced on Thursday.
The two soldiers served as air force technicians and had allegedly been in contact with Iranian intelligence agents for several months before being arrested in March.
According to the indictment, the soldiers conducted a variety of missions for Iran, including an instance in which one of them sent an Iranian agent training materials. The materials included information on Israeli combat jet systems, as well as documentation of infrastructure and areas within a military base.
KAN reported that they were also asked to gather information about former IDF chief Lt.-Gen. (ret.) Herzi Halevi and National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir.
Soldiers cut off by Iranian handlers after refusing missions with weapons
The two soldiers claimed in their interrogation that all contact with their Iranian handlers had been cut off after they'd refused to undertake missions involving weapons. However, the soldiers attempted to re-establish contact with their handlers afterward.
One of the soldiers was charged with aiding an enemy in wartime, passing information to the enemy, aiding in contact with a foreign agent, and other crimes. The other soldier was charged with contact with a foreign agent, passing information to the enemy, and other crimes.
Eight other soldiers on the base are suspected of knowing about the actions of the two technicians without reporting it to authorities, according to KAN.