Earlier this month, Rami Amudi and Rajab Dacha, residents of Tel Aviv and Lod, were arrested for questioning, revealing they were recruited by Hamas personnel • The two photographed security facilities in the central area, military bases and police facilities • They also fired missile rocket locations during the last round of fighting

• Photo: Gideon Markovich

Hamas spying network in the heart of Israel: On Monday, it was permitted to publish that as part of the Israeli Security Service's activities, in cooperation with the Israeli police, Hamas's spy infrastructure has been exposed and thwarted in recent weeks by Israeli agents, Israeli civilians, inside Israel.

The activity revealed that Hamas military members recruited Israeli civilians, a family in the Gaza Strip, for the purpose of gathering security intelligence within Israel to be used to promote terrorist activity against Israeli targets and targets. The infrastructure took advantage of the fact that these Israeli civilians were able to enter the Gaza Strip due to their family's presence in the Gaza Strip, which facilitated the military arm of Hamas to recruit them.

At the beginning of the month, on January 2, 2020, two Israeli citizens, Rami Amudi and Rajab Dhaka, were arrested for the ISA investigation.

Rami Amudi, 30, a resident of Khan Yunis originally, has been living in Tel Aviv since November 2019, a Jewish-Israeli Jewish mother and a resident of the Gaza Strip. Amudi grew up throughout his life in the Gaza Strip with his father's family. About two years ago, the relationship between him and his Israeli mother was renewed, and in recent months he worked with his mother to issue an Israeli diploma and moved to Israel with her.

Rajab Dacha, 34, a resident of Gaza, and his mother, an Israeli citizen, is a resident of Lod. Decha lived in the Gaza Strip all his life, and during 2017 worked to issue an Israeli passport against his mother's citizenship. Since moving to Israel, when his wife and five children live in the Gaza Strip, he used to visit them frequently for several months.

The two GSS interrogations revealed that they were recruited by Hamas personnel while in the Gaza Strip, and were sent by Hamas military to Israel, while maintaining a secret operational relationship with them. The investigation also revealed that the two were asked to purchase cell phones and SIM cards upon entry to Israel. Secretly facing those Hamas officials.

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Rajeev Decha's investigation revealed that he had carried out missions under the guidance of the military Hamas, and in the process photographed various security facilities in the central area, such as military bases, police facilities, iron dome locations, gathered information about security forces personnel and was also asked to transfer missile positions during the last round of fighting. . Rajab followed the instructions and passed the pictures to his Hamas operators.

During the ISA investigation, Hamas activists who were involved in the spying sector were also exposed. Among other things, a resident of Beit Lahiya, Mekhal Rayat, about 32, who recruited and operated Rajab Decha.

Today, the two were indicted in Central District Court, alleging serious security offenses.

The Security Service said: "Hamas in the Gaza Strip continues to cynically exploit the Erez crossing between Israel and Israel in favor of promoting terrorism in Israel. The General Security Service takes a very serious view of exploiting Israeli civilians for access to the Gaza Strip and Israel for promotion of terrorist activities. The GSS will continue to work with its partners in the Israeli police to monitor and thwart any hostile espionage activities by terrorist organizations in the Gaza Strip.