Israel indicted three of its citizens in late October for providing intelligence to Hamas operatives in Turkey. Authorities have only identified the suspects by their initials but said they identified with Hamas ideology and planned to carry out a cyber-attack against the Israel Defense Forces (IDF).
The main suspect worked as a software engineer for an Israeli communications firm and met Hamas operatives in Turkey multiple times to transfer sensitive information about Israeli communications infrastructure.
Last week, Israeli Defense Minister Benny Gantz met with Erdogan in Ankara and urged Turkey’s president to banish Hamas. According to Israeli officials, Israel will keep the pressure on Ankara to end its policy of allowing Hamas to “support, plan, and fundraise” on Turkish soil for terror attacks against Israelis.
Source: FDD - Telegram