🛰️ IRAN-LINKED ESPIONAGE CASES, MOSSAD SHAKEUP AND NUKHBA TERRORIST CAPTURED AT KEREM SHALOM

🕑 Published: August 7, 2026 · 4:27 PM Israel time

🛰️ IRAN CLAIMS 21 MOSSAD-LINKED ARRESTS: Iran’s Intelligence Ministry says it arrested 21 individuals in Kerman Province allegedly linked to the Israeli intelligence service Mossad. According to the ministry, the suspects were gathering intelligence on sensitive military and air-defense sites and passing the information to Mossad.

🛰️ CHANNEL 12: GOFMAN REASSIGNS SENIOR MOSSAD OFFICIALS AFTER FAILED IRAN PLAN: Channel 12 reports that new Mossad chief Roman Gofman reassigned two senior officials who headed the Intelligence Directorate and Iran Division after an unsuccessful plan to help bring down the Iranian government.

The plan envisioned supporting Kurdish forces in an effort to trigger a nationwide uprising, but was ultimately shelved after U.S. officials concluded that “regime change” was unrealistic and additional political obstacles emerged.

❌ ASHKELON COUPLE ARRESTED IN SUSPECTED IRANIAN ESPIONAGE CASE: Tamerlan Amshukov, 26, and Alina Kushnirenko, 24, were arrested on suspicion of systematically gathering intelligence for Iranian handlers in exchange for payment, including cryptocurrency. According to investigators, they photographed sensitive civilian and military infrastructure, including the Port of Eilat and Mount Herzl, and conducted surveillance on the homes of Israeli security personnel.

❌ SHUAFAT MAN ARRESTED OVER ALLEGED THREAT AGAINST MK ZVI SUKKOT: An Arab man from Shuafat was arrested after allegedly threatening to shoot Sukkot: “I always have a weapon and move freely throughout Judea and Samaria without security checks.”

🔹 CONDITION OF FOUR SERIOUSLY WOUNDED IN LEBANON STABILIZES: The condition of the four people seriously wounded in yesterday’s incident in Lebanon has stabilized, and one of them has regained the ability to communicate with their family.

❌ NUKHBA TERRORIST CAPTURED WHILE WORKING AS AID-TRUCK DRIVER: Security sources say a Hamas Nukhba terrorist who participated in the October 7 massacre was apprehended while working as a truck driver collecting goods for the private sector in the Gaza Strip.

A private merchant had hired the driver, who requested a permit to deliver private-sector goods inside Gaza and was granted one by the Israel Security Agency (Shin Bet). Security authorities learned of his identity and Israeli troops apprehended him on Wednesday after he arrived at the Gaza side of the Kerem Shalom Crossing to collect the goods. He was transferred to the Shin Bet for further questioning.

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