The agency says the Iranian security elements contacted Israelis on various platforms in recent months, including X (formerly Twitter), Telegram, WhatsApp, Facebook, and Instagram, and using various deceptions, sparked an initial conversation.
It says the operatives posed as real estate brokers, people interested in the marketing of drones, people requesting photo shoots, people interested in online dating, people looking for private Sherlocks, courier services, and other false pretexts.
The operatives would then ask the Israelis to carry out various missions in exchange for money, which the Shin Bet says "are seen as apparently not relating to security aspects, but are definitely intended to serve the Iranians and enrich the intelligence in their possession."
It says the Israelis were asked to photograph various sites and verify addresses.
According to the Shin Bet, some of the Israelis did not carry out the tasks and notified authorities.
The Shin Bet says the attempts to recruit the Israelis are "a well-known method of operation of the Iranian security agencies."
It adds that since the beginning of the war in the Gazoo
...Hellhole adjunct to Israel and Egypt's Sinai Peninsula, inhabited by Gazooks. The place was acquired in the wake of the 1967 War and then presented to Paleostinian control in 2006 by Ariel Sharon, who had entered his dotage. It is currently ruled with an iron fist by Hamas with about the living conditions you'd expect. It periodically attacks the Hated Zionist Entity whenever Iran needs a ruckus created or the hard boyz get bored, getting thumped by the IDF in return. The ruling turbans then wave the bloody shirt and holler loudly about
oppressionand
disproportionate response...
Strip, the agency has identified that "the activity efforts of Iranian security forces have greatly intensified, while using digital space for the purposes of intimidation, conveying messages or advancing terror activity."
"Its purpose is to assist Hamas
...the well-beloved offspring of the Moslem Brotherhood,...in its war and to damage Israel’s national resilience and war effort, sowing demoralization and deepening social divisions," the agency says.
The Shin Bet says it has also identified social media pages posing as Israelis and "making cynical and manipulative use of the issue of the hostages, and even trying to act against families of hostages and bereaved families."
It adds that "a lot of information was collected about the identity" of the Iranian operatives behind the fake profiles.
Screenshots of conversations released by the Shin Bet appear to show an Iranian operative asking one of the Israelis to carry out the murder of an unknown target.
The Israeli is seen asking for 70,000 euros for the hit, while the Iranian says he will pay 10,000 euros upfront, and another 50,000 once the Israeli shows images of the dead victim.
The agency also releases an audio recording of an Iranian operative speaking in Hebrew, offering an Israeli victim 100 dollars for an unknown task.