New developments in Mossad operation: Foreign connections revealed

Müslim SARIYAR/12punto.com.tr

The National Intelligence Organization (MIT), the Istanbul Intelligence Branch Directorate, and Counter-Terrorism (TEM) teams had apprehended 34 suspects on charges of espionage for the Israeli foreign intelligence service, Mossad, and the suspects were referred to the courthouse yesterday morning after their police interrogations were completed. The 34 individuals in the sabotage team, whose statements were taken at the TEM Branch for four days, were referred to the court under heavy security measures; 15 of the suspects were arrested, and deportation orders were issued for 8 of them. For 11 suspects in the cell, "judicial control conditions" and "bans on leaving the country" were applied.

THEY USED THE "HAVALA" SYSTEM, CRYPTO, AND "WESTERN UNION" FOR MONEY TRANSFERS

Findings regarding the suspects belonging to the agent network have begun to surface, and the veil of secrecy is being lifted. It was understood that they worked by obtaining information, documents, and photographs of individuals who are specifically Palestinian citizens and Hamas-affiliated, and transferring them to the Israeli secret service; in return, they resorted to the "havala" system, cryptocurrency, and the 'Western Union' method, which are specifically used by terrorist and underground organizations to obscure the trail of money.

OVERSEAS MOSSAD CONVERSATIONS REVEALED ON THEIR PHONES

In the spy network, where a complex web of relationships and secret connections were exposed, the intense phone traffic of Palestinian national Luey M. (44), who entered Turkey illegally, with a Mossad officer operating in Brussels was deciphered. It was determined through WhatsApp correspondence with the Mossad agent on the other end of the phone line +32460237…., which was saved in his phonebook as "Sare Belgium," that Luey M. was also in a deep relationship with Abuhalid Abdalla Qassem/Tayyar, whose traces were also found in counter-espionage activities previously conducted by the MIT against the Israeli intelligence service, according to the decrypted digital data.

The phone number +32460237…. belonging to the Mossad agent in Belgium, saved as "Sare Belgium" in Luey M.'s phone directory, was also found in the contact list of the phone number 0506 694…. seized from Halid H., one of the key names in the cell dismantled by the MIT. While the connections of the individuals in the agent network to each other were deciphered in this way, it was understood from Halid H.'s digital materials that there were receipt images and numerous money transfers. The name of Cemile Türk, who is in the dismantled network, also appears in the phone list of Halid H., who acted as an agent for Mossad. In light of the information included as evidence in the investigation file, it was understood that Cemile Türk, to whom the line 0534 705 …. is registered, also had phone traffic multiple times with unit officers in charge of Mossad's Hamas Desk.

Cell member Israa K. (24), a Palestinian national among the individuals managed and directed by Mossad officers in the Hamas Desk unit of the Israeli foreign intelligence service in Tel Aviv, was recorded as being in contact with Mossad agents possessing foreign GSM lines—four from the UK, one from Belgium, one from Estonia, and one from Germany—via the lines +447447582…., +3725961…., +44795547…., +3246023…., +44776614…., +44776614…. and +491521352…. There is also a "missing person" report filed by her family head, Ahmet K., regarding 24-year-old Isra K.

It was determined that Muhammed B., a Lebanese national registered to the Beirut population and one of the important names in the agent network, had been in Turkey for a long time. It was reported that the Lebanese B., who is on the sabotage team and has numerous judicial records, organized meetings at an association operating internationally, collected personal information forms from people who would attend the meetings, and thus easily accessed the identity information of the participants. Working for Israel, Muhammed B. prepared documents regarding residency conditions in Turkey for Cemal Hammud, a Beirut-born individual with Lebanese and Canadian citizenship, and received a large amount of US dollars in return.

One of the names followed step-by-step by MIT units and whose activities were deciphered was Muhammed A. In the digital data of A., who is in the spy network, traces of a large amount of dollars transferred by Mossad officers were found. In the cell member's digital materials, a password change operation on a money transfer site called "Payoneer" and a record of money transfer to an individual named "Muhammed Ebu Cud" in the amounts of 500 dollars and 16 thousand dollars at different time intervals were found. Muhammed A. claimed that "Muhammed Ebu Cud" was himself, but it was understood from the decrypted digital trail records that the person using the +3725961…. GSM line was also a Mossad officer at the Hamas Desk. It was determined that Muhammed A. also worked directly for the Israeli Online Operations Unit (İÇOM) within the Israeli foreign intelligence service, Mossad.

The person named Amal Sallami Ep S. is in direct contact with Israeli agents in the İÇOM unit. Phone traffic with Mossad officers was detected on different dates. A list of lines belonging to officers in the Israeli Online Operations Unit was found on the phone. It was understood that the registration name was "Likelysales," and in the decrypted WhatsApp conversations, she held discussions regarding reconnaissance, video, and photo work on behalf of Israeli intelligence. It was noted that Amal Sallami Ep S., who had numerous WhatsApp conversations, especially with the line +44795547…., obtained photos of certain locations that Mossad requested from her. It was understood that S. sent the photos, and some payments were obtained via Bitcoin, some via bank, and some through unofficial channels. In her statement, she explained that she met a person who introduced himself as Mustafa and stated he was in Germany, who told her he would give her some jobs and pay her in return, that she prepared and sent a test video, was accepted for the job, but then her connection with Mustafa was cut off. The cell member confessed that she later established contact with a person named Samir Ferat, that this person sent her 150 dollars via cryptocurrency, that this person also wanted videos of the interior and exterior of the Süleymaniye Mosque in Turkey, and that she had her husband film it because she was sick and forwarded this video to Samir, receiving 200 dollars in return. Explaining that she also sent photos of some sites in Başakşehir to Samir, who was determined to be a Mossad agent, through her husband, Amal Sallami Ep S. revealed that she received around 200-250 dollars in return for this as well. Explaining that she was given certain tasks from time to time, S. stated that she performed these tasks and received money, that she withdrew all of these amounts sent as Bitcoin in dollars from a place in Karaköy whose name she did not remember, and while stating that a friend named "Ali" introduced her to a person named "Abu Sajced," it was learned that she confessed this person was also a Mossad agent.

Ahmed Rufai S., a 22-year-old registered to the Syrian population, was understood to have entered the country from Qamishli, which is under the control of the PKK/YPG terrorist organization. It was determined that Ahmed Rufai S. sent money to individuals named "Ahmet Şıhoğlu" and "Gökay Bilir," who operated on behalf of Israeli intelligence in the past and against whom proceedings were taken. He received a payment of 849 TL on November 23, 2020, via Western Union from an Israeli named Kyo Edward E. Due to his activities in the cell, he also received a large amount of money sent by Mossad from Lithuania via Western Union.

Amıne Mohammed Abouzeed Mohamed: A 38-year-old Palestinian, the wife of the spy network's chief suspect, Hazem Mounir Amin E. It is noted that she used a crypto program called Truecrypt and acted on behalf of Mossad by acting together with her other suspect husband.

Ahmet Furkan A., one of the few people of Turkish origin indirectly involved in the spy network, is 27 years old and a real estate expert. He received money in dollars and euros for Alperen E., Muhammed El-Muhammed El H., and Ayman I., who operated on behalf of Israeli intelligence and had previously been processed for espionage. He confessed that a person he met through the Sahibinden application and knew as "Erol" asked him to take pictures of sites named P.M. and E.I. in Başakşehir and that he collected reports from the site managements on what percentage of the people living in the site were foreigners. Stating that he received payment in euros and dollars in return for this, Ahmet Furkan A. said he did not know whether he was working for intelligence.

Ahmed E. (26), one of the names in the cell dismantled by the MIT and police forces in an operation organized in 9 provinces centered in Istanbul last Tuesday, is estimated to be close to Muhammed Yusuf Dahlan, one of the former leaders of Fatah, who is known by the moniker 'Abu Fadi' in Palestine and is alleged to be in exile in Serbia. Ahmed E., who admitted in his interrogation that he received 820 euros on May 28, 2020, from a Mossad officer named Pashtrık Klaıqı who is connected to Israeli intelligence, also used a person named "Sabuh Lhimer" connected to the Israeli secret service as an intermediary; the suspect used the havala system, which is specifically used by terrorist organizations, for money transfers, and although the suspect claimed in his statement that the money sent to him was sent by his high school friend Luey Flaha in Sweden, it was understood that this was a lie and the money was sent by Mossad.

When the entire scope of the file and the evidence are examined, it has been documented that the individuals in the agent network acted on behalf of the İÇOM, an Israeli intelligence formation, and transferred information, documents, and photographs of individuals who are specifically Palestinian citizens and Hamas-affiliated, who are considered important and dangerous for the State of Israel, to Israeli intelligence.

The 34 suspects detained on allegations of conducting international espionage activities on behalf of the Israeli Foreign Intelligence Service, Mossad, against foreign nationals in Turkey were referred to the courthouse; 15 of them were arrested, and 11 were released under judicial control.

News Source: Müslim Sarıyar