Israeli spy

Iran protests: Death toll hits 36, Islamic Republic executes man accused of spying for Israel

Entangled in a decades-long shadow war with Israel, Iran has executed many people it has accused of having links with Israel's intelligence service and facilitating its operations in the country.

|BySAM HALPERN, REUTERS
Abdanan, Iran. January 6, 2025.
A Palestinian photo shows one of the posters distributed by the IDF near Ofer Prison: “We are watching you everywhere. We told you that any support for or affiliation with a terrorist organization will place you under arrest and subject you to severe penalties. We warned you.”

Deceased Palestinian returned by Hamas with hostages alleged to be Israeli informant - report

“People in the camp said that accepting and burying the body would only encourage others to follow his path. So he will not be accepted, dead or alive,” a PA official told the Guardian.

|ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
An anti-Israeli billboard is seen on a street, early hours of ceasefire, in Tehran, Iran, June 24, 2025.

Executed Iranian nuclear scientist confessed to aiding Israel after torture, threats against mother

Vahid Razavi, a member of the Vadi family, told the dissident media site that Rouzbeh Vadi was detained a year and a half ago after a dispute at work.

|ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF, REUTERS
US, Israeli, and international experts work in groups at the Civil-Military Coordination Center (CMCC) in Kiryat Gat, which opened in mid-October to oversee and support early implementation of President Donald Trump’s 20-point plan for stabilizing and rehabilitating Gaza.

Israel reportedly surveilled, recorded American CMCC base, IDF denies 'absurd' claim

Staff have allegedly been instructed to avoid sharing sensitive information in the CMCC, over fears that Jerusalem is collecting the data and would later exploit the information.

|ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF

Israel carries out covert assassination, steals documents in Iran

The presenter, Vahid Haddab, claimed that "last month, Israel assassinated a figure whose identity has not yet been identified and stole documents inside Iran."

SEPTEMBER 23, 2024ByMAARIV
WOULD WAR with Iran lead to Israel’s destruction, or does Israel have no choice but to attack?

Israel carries out decade-long 'spying war' against ICC - Guardian report

Israel allegedly “deployed its intelligence agencies to surveil, hack, pressure, smear and allegedly threaten senior ICC staff in an effort to derail the court’s inquiries.”

MAY 28, 2024ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
THE INTERNATIONAL Criminal Court in The Hague.

US charges Israeli witness against Biden with acting as Chinese agent

Luft, a citizen of the United States and Israel, is accused of recruiting and paying a former high-ranking US government official on behalf of principals based in China in 2016.

JULY 11, 2023ByREUTERS
Dr. Gal Luft 370

Israeli spies targeting people with ties to Iran is a 'well-crafted story' - analyst

Experts are divided as to the credibility of the report, with skeptics saying it might be an attempt to drum up support for Erdoğan ahead of the election

MAY 26, 2023ByKRISTINA JOVANOVSKI/THE MEDIA LINE
TURKISH PRESIDENT Recep Tayyip Erdogan addresses supporters at a rally last week in Istanbul, ahead of today’s presidential and parliamentary elections.

Grapevine January 25, 2023: Pause to remember

Movers and shakers in Israeli society.

JANUARY 25, 2023ByGREER FAY CASHMAN
A VETERAN’S parade of Jewish soldiers who fought for the Red Army in the Second World War, held in Jerusalem to mark the 65th anniversary of the victory over Nazi Germany.

Israelis living in or visiting Turkey apprehensive after latest arrests

Modiin couple Natali and Mordy Oaknin were arrested suspicion of espionage after they were spotted taking a photo of Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s presidential palace.

NOVEMBER 16, 2021ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
Remote view of Galata Tower in Istanbul, Turkey

55 years after execution in Syria, Israeli spy Eli Cohen makes headlines

A new video released by a Russian news network purports to show Cohen walking in Damascus; his legendary status and recent talk of Israeli-Syrian normalization behind the headlines, experts say.

FEBRUARY 27, 2021ByDANIEL SONNENFELD/THE MEDIA LINE
Stamp issued in honor of Eli Cohen 370

Trump pardons Aviem Sella, Jonathan Pollard's handler

"This puts an end to the open wound of the episode after 35 years," Pollard said.

JANUARY 20, 2021ByGIL HOFFMAN
In a departure from protocol, commander Aviem Sella directed the fighter jets that attacked the SAM batteries in 1982

Israeli leaders tell 'Post': Ready for Pollard's aliyah

Health minister says system will facilitate treatments for Esther Pollard's breast cancer.

NOVEMBER 22, 2020ByGIL HOFFMAN, CELIA JEAN
Jonathan Pollard, a former U.S. Navy intelligence officer convicted of spying for Israel, exits following a hearing at the Manhattan Federal Courthouse in New York City, May 17, 2017

Has Israel infiltrated Hamas's military wing?

According to sources, another senior Hamas military commander was recently arrested on suspicion of collaborating with Israel.

JULY 12, 2020ByKHALED ABU TOAMEH
HAMAS MEMBERS in Gaza.