The two Israelis were recruited by a former resident of their town now living in Lebanon, the Shin Bet says.
By David Isaac, World Israel News
Iran proxy Hezbollah, the terror group based in Lebanon, has been attempting to recruit Israeli citizens to spy on the Jewish State, Israel’s internal security service, the Shin Bet, revealed on Tuesday.
Two Israeli citizens of Arab extraction living in the Israeli-Arab town of Majd al-Krum in the Galilee were recruited by a former resident of their town now living in Lebanon, the Shin Bet says.
That former resident, Beirut Mahmoud, works as a writer for the Lebanese-based newspaper Al-Akhbar, which supports Hezbollah.
The two Arab-Israelis had been in touch with Mahmoud and met with her in December 2019 in Turkey. The Shin Bet interrogated the two women who confirmed the contacts.
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Beirut moved to Lebanon, where she married her husband Balal Bizari, after she was interrogated herself by Israeli security officials in 2013 over her suspected ties to Hezbollah. It was discovered that she had met with Hezbollah members at a 2008 conference in Morocco and at another conference in Tunis in 2012.
The Shin Bet reports it has gained a better understanding of how Hezbollah works to recruit spies within Israel as a result of its investigation.
The internal security service released the two female would-be spies to their homes under restricted conditions. It also informed Beirut and Balal that it was aware of their attempts to recruit spies for Hezbollah and warned them to cease attempting to turn Israeli citizens into Hezbollah agents.
The Shin Bet said, “The General Security Service will continue to work resolutely to monitor and thwart any Hezbollah terror or espionage activities, as well as highlight the utmost seriousness with which it takes the exploitation of Israeli citizenship in aid of terrorist and espionage activities.”
《申贝报》称，这两名以色列人是由一名居住在黎巴嫩城镇的前居民招募的。
大卫·艾萨克，世界以色列新闻
以色列国内安全局《申贝报》2日披露，以黎巴嫩为基地的恐怖组织伊朗代理人真主党一直试图招募以色列公民对这个犹太国家进行间谍活动。
《申贝报》称，两名居住在加利利的以色列-阿拉伯城镇马吉德勒克鲁姆（Majd al-Krum）的阿拉伯裔以色列公民，是他们城镇的一名前居民招募的，现在居住在黎巴嫩。
这位前居民，贝鲁特·马哈茂德，是黎巴嫩支持真主党的报纸Al-Akhbar的撰稿人。
这两名阿拉伯裔以色列人曾与马哈茂德保持联系，并于2019年12月在土耳其与她会面。《申博》审问了两名确认接触的女性。
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贝鲁特在2013年因涉嫌与真主党有联系而被以色列安全官员审问后，她搬到黎巴嫩，并在那里与丈夫巴拉尔·比扎里结婚。据发现，她曾在2008年在摩洛哥举行的一次会议和2012年在突尼斯举行的另一次会议上会见了真主党成员。
《申贝报》报道说，经过调查，他们对真主党如何在以色列境内招募间谍有了更好的了解。
美国国内安全局在限制条件下将这两名女间谍释放到家中。它还通知贝鲁特和巴拉尔，它知道他们试图为真主党招募间谍，并警告他们停止将以色列公民变成真主党特工的企图。
《申贝特报》说，“安全总局将继续坚决监测和挫败真主党的任何恐怖或间谍活动，并强调它极其认真地利用以色列公民身份协助恐怖和间谍活动。”