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Israeli police have arrested an Israeli recruited by Iranian intelligence to plan the assassination of senior Israeli officials, including Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, the police and intelligence services said in a joint statement today.
According to the statement, “Iranian intelligence recruited an Israeli citizen to assassinate Israeli figures. He was smuggled into Iran twice and received money in exchange for carrying out missions.”
The statement added that Defense Minister Yoav Galant and other senior Israeli officials were among those targeted.