Turkish media reported that an Israeli Mossad cell was active on Turkish soil, consisting of 3 Egyptians, 2 Palestinians, 3 Turks, and 2 Tunisians, a man and his wife, and the rest were Syrians.
The Israeli i24NEWS channel quoted the Turkish media as saying that new information confirmed the presence of 3 Egyptians within the Israeli Mossad cell, which was arrested in Turkey recently and was spying on Arabs and foreigners residing in Istanbul.
According to Turkish media, one of the three detainees was an Egyptian, who was in charge of a real estate office and provided detailed information about the areas where Arabs and Palestinians reside, and reports on the residential complexes in which they reside.
According to the information, some suspects in the case were released after it was confirmed that he was there and communicated with the cell members without knowing their duties, while a number of others were deported due to their residency status.
The Turkish “TR99” platform revealed that 7 of the detainees were deported to northern Syria, including the elderly man with a white beard, whose photo was widely spread on social media platforms, where he was deported with his son, on charges of receiving money from people in the “ISIS” organization. “.
The veiled woman, whose photo spread as she smiled while being taken to the security center, was also released. The decision to release came after it became clear that she was not involved in the espionage matter.
The available information that was leaked from the investigations revealed that the cell members received extensive training from another person residing in Serbia. The training included: photography and hacking cell phones and e-mail.