Israeli police arrest couple accused of spying for Iran

The Police from Israel, in collaboration with the domestic intelligence agency (Shabacus), announced on Thursday the arrest of a couple from the city of Lod, in the center of the country, who were accuseda to gather information on national infrastructure and security facilities.

Police sources said the arrest took place on September 29, although these cases are usually subject to gag orders that delay their dissemination.

“Rafael and Lala Gulayev, about 32 years old and residents of Lod, were arrested while carrying out tasks for an Iranian network that recruits Israelis from the Caucasus” in the Hebrew State, reported the Police and the Shabak (also known as Shin Bet).

The detainees were also spying on an Israeli academic, whose identity was not disclosed by the authorities.

According to investigations by the Police and the ShabacusRafael was in turn recruited by Elshan Agayev, 56 years old and of Azerbaijani origin.

Part of the man's activities in the couple Gulayev included guarding the headquarters of the Mossad, Israel's foreign intelligence agency, and investigate the academic, who works for the Institute for National Security Studies. She had also been tasked with identifying anyone who could act as a hitman for the Iranian network.

“Some of the tasks were carried out by Gulayev with the help of his wife Lathe”, the text says.

Over the past month, authorities have announced several arrests related to activities on their territory. in favor of Iran, in the context of the escalation of violence in the region that raises fears of an open war between the two countries.

On October 21, police arrested seven Israelis, two of them minors, for carrying out “security missions” in Israel under the direction of two Iranian intelligence agents.

The next day, authorities arrested seven more people between the ages of 19 and 23 in the area eastern de Jerusalem, also for working in the service of the Rrepublic IIslamic.

Tensions between Iran and Israel are linked to the Hebrew State's wars in Gaza against the palestinian terrorist group Hamas and in Lebanon against the terrorist organization Shia Hezbollah.

On October 1, these grew even more when the Rrepublic IIslamic State fired some 180 ballistic missiles at Israel in response to the death of the leader of Israel.ezbollah, HasSaint Nasrallah, in a bombing in Beirut, as well as that of the former leader from the political office Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh in an explosion in Tehran that The Iranian regime attributed to Israel, that in turn, never claimed or denied the incident.

In response, Israel attacked Iran on Saturday in several bombings it dubbed Operation "Days of Repentance," targeting military targets in the Rrepublic IIslamic, in which the regime of the ayatollahs said they died four soldiers.

Agencies contributed to this Aurora article