Israel says it thwart­ed Iran­ian assas­si­na­tion plot

Israeli offi­cials announced Thurs­day the arrest of an Israeli man whom Iran recruit­ed to car­ry out assas­si­na­tion plots against top Israeli lead­ers, includ­ing Prime Min­is­ter Ben­jamin Netanyahu.
The indi­vid­ual was iden­ti­fied as Moti Maman, 73. He was indict­ed Thurs­day, after which Shin Bet, Israel’s secu­ri­ty agency, and Israeli police revealed it pub­licly. Maman was arrest­ed after com­mit­ting secu­ri­ty offens­es involv­ing his con­tact with Iran.
Maman was smug­gled into Iran twice, accord­ing to details from the inves­ti­ga­tion, and he received funds from Iran to car­ry out mis­sions on Tehran’s behalf, includ­ing ask­ing him to “advance assas­si­na­tion attacks” on Netanyahu, Defense Min­is­ter Yoav Gall …