Israeli Citizen Indicted for Contact with Foreign Agent and Passing Information to Enemy
Prosecutors indicted a 27-year-old resident of Tira on Thursday on charges of maintaining contact with a hostile foreign agent and four counts of passing information to the enemy with intent to harm state security. The charges relate to events during the war with Iran. Ahmad Daas is accused of sending sensitive-site footage to the agent.
jns.orgProsecutors indicted an Israeli citizen on Thursday for maintaining contact with a hostile foreign agent and passing information to the enemy with intent to harm state security during wartime. The 27-year-old resident of Tira, Ahmad Daas, faces charges of contact with a foreign agent and four counts of passing information to the enemy.
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Officials said the case involves the alleged sending of sensitive-site footage to the agent. The indictment was filed as Israel continued operations connected to its conflict with Iran. The charges specify that the actions were taken with intent to harm state security.
The single count of contact with a hostile foreign agent forms the basis of the case. It is accompanied by four separate counts alleging the transfer of information. Authorities have not released additional specifics about the locations filmed or the precise nature of the footage. The matter remains under court proceedings following the indictment.
The charges were brought during a period of heightened security concerns tied to the war with Iran. Officials stated the alleged activities occurred in that timeframe. No further details on the foreign agent or the exact timing of the alleged transmissions were included in the announcement of the indictment.
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