Mossad, Turkey foil Iranian plot to kidnap Israelis
One of the alleged targets was the former Israeli ambassador and his wife who were staying at a hotel in Istanbul.
By YONAH JEREMY BOB, ROMAN MEITAV
Published: JUNE 23, 2022
Turkish intelligence revealed on Thursday that it thwarted an Iranian attack against a former Israeli ambassador in Istanbul last Friday. According to reports, Iran planned to kidnap several Israeli tourists along with diplomats in Istanbul, including the former ambassador and his wife, and already had all operatives and logistical aspects of the operation in place – with some Israelis being spirited away just moments before a hit team would have been bearing down on them.
Turkish intelligence and local police arrested 10 suspects last Friday, including sharpshooters and local collaborators at the Sol Hotel and three others renting apartments in the Istanbul area. Iranian intelligence assets and Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps operatives impersonated students, businessmen and tourists to entrap the Israelis. Turkey said that the Mossad located the targeted Israelis and flew them to Israel in private planes.
more............... https://www.jpost.com/breaking-news/article-710182
One of the alleged targets was the former Israeli ambassador and his wife who were staying at a hotel in Istanbul.
By YONAH JEREMY BOB, ROMAN MEITAV
Published: JUNE 23, 2022
Turkish intelligence revealed on Thursday that it thwarted an Iranian attack against a former Israeli ambassador in Istanbul last Friday. According to reports, Iran planned to kidnap several Israeli tourists along with diplomats in Istanbul, including the former ambassador and his wife, and already had all operatives and logistical aspects of the operation in place – with some Israelis being spirited away just moments before a hit team would have been bearing down on them.
Turkish intelligence and local police arrested 10 suspects last Friday, including sharpshooters and local collaborators at the Sol Hotel and three others renting apartments in the Istanbul area. Iranian intelligence assets and Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps operatives impersonated students, businessmen and tourists to entrap the Israelis. Turkey said that the Mossad located the targeted Israelis and flew them to Israel in private planes.
more............... https://www.jpost.com/breaking-news/article-710182
