Northern Israel man indicted for spying for Iran, filming route to IDF base, police station

A man from the North was indicted on Sunday for collecting and passing information, including photographs and videos, to Iranian agents, authorities announced.Israel Police identified the man as Wisam Galeb Salah Awad, 50, an Israeli citizen from the northern town of Mazra'a near Acre.In the indictment submitted to the Haifa District Court, prosecutors charged him with six counts of passing information to the enemy with intent to harm state security and two counts of contact with a foreign agent. They also asked the court to keep him in custody until the end of the proceedings.According to the indictment, the initiative for the contact came from Awad himself. In late July or early August, he searched Telegram for groups linked to Iran and offered to carry out photography assignments in Israel in exchange for money.Prosecutors allege that he wanted to harm state security both for money and out of a desire for revenge over Israel's actions in Gaza. The indictment does not describe any payment he received.After Awad posted his offer and joined a second Telegram group through a link, an Iranian handler contacted him. Following two days of correspondence, the handler directed him to another contact, who used the name “Meytham,” according to the indictment.From late July or early August through October, Awad allegedly sent photographs, videos and information about…