Live Blog Update| Israel's genocide in Gaza
This is an entry from: Israel-Palestine live: Israel’s response to South Africa’s genocide case at the ICJ ends

How Israeli intelligence recruits operatives in Turkey

4 January 2024 16:50 GMT

In a briefing made on condition of anonymity to media including Middle East Eye, Turkish intelligence officials have laid out how Israeli officers conduct recruitment efforts inside Turkey and also have explained how the individuals they hire operate. 

Turkish intelligence officials say Israeli intelligence usually posts job announcements online with few or no details, or posts links on social media platforms and chat groups to pick suitable individuals to contact them.

The Israeli officers don’t contact these individuals in person, but only communicate with them in writing and only through messaging apps like Telegram and WhatsApp.

They pay the recruits through intermediaries or messengers who are also recruited through the internet with social media employment posts.

Read the full story from our Turkey Bureau Chief Ragip Soylu by clicking below.

How does Israeli intelligence recruit operatives in Turkey?

Israeli officers usually use cryptocurrency and hawala, an informal method of transferring money through dealers such as jewellery stores and money exchanges, to conceal the payment’s point of origin.