Israeli police and internal security services announced on Sunday the arrest of Wissam Ghaleb Saleh Awad, a resident of Al-Mazra'a village near Acre in the occupied Palestinian interior, alleging communication with Iranian intelligence agencies.
The Israeli authorities claimed the arrest was linked to suspicions of conducting field operations including photographing strategic and military sites, police stations, and transmitting precise coordinates and information via the Telegram app to those entities, motivated by ideological reasons and a desire for retaliatory actions, without financial compensation.
Sources revealed that the public prosecution filed serious charges against Awad at the Magistrate's Court, requesting the extension of his detention until all legal procedures are completed. Investigations began last month, with raids on his home seizing phones and personal computers.
This arrest follows several prior extensions of his detention, and forms part of an ongoing campaign by Israeli security agencies targeting Palestinian citizens inside the occupied territories under the pretext of combating espionage and collaboration with hostile entities.