{"id":1963381,"date":"2023-07-03T14:34:07","date_gmt":"2023-07-03T18:34:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/seven-suspected-mossad-agents-arrested-by-turkish-counterintelligence\/"},"modified":"2023-07-03T14:36:00","modified_gmt":"2023-07-03T18:36:00","slug":"seven-suspected-mossad-agents-arrested-by-turkish-counterintelligence","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/seven-suspected-mossad-agents-arrested-by-turkish-counterintelligence\/","title":{"rendered":"Turkish counterintelligence apprehends seven alleged Mossad agents."},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">14<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fseven-suspected-mossad-agents-arrested-by-turkish-counterintelligence%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1963381&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><h2>Turkish Counterintelligence Detains Alleged Mossad Agents<\/h2>\n<p>Turkish counterintelligence recently detained seven <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/feds-accuse-chinese-agents-of-stalking-house-candidate-spying-on-democracy-activists\/\" title=\"Feds Accuse Chinese Agents of Stalking House Candidate, Spying on Democracy Activists\">alleged agents<\/a> of Mossad \u2014 Israel\u2019s national intelligence agency \u2014 on suspicion of espionage, Ankara\u2019s National Intelligence Organization announced Monday.<\/p>\n<p>According to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/seven-suspected-mossad-agents-arrested-by-turkish-counterintelligence\/\" title=\"Turkish counterintelligence apprehends seven alleged Mossad agents.\">pro-government local media<\/a>, all seven suspects have confessed to working for the Israeli spy agency.<\/p>\n<p>The men are believed to have spied on non-Turkish nationals.<\/p>\n<p>The suspects, who carried passports of various Middle Eastern countries, were reportedly members of a 56-member team, which was part of a larger network consisting of nine cells.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Mossad operatives conducted various operations including marking targets for later strikes and spying on Hezbollah\u2019s military leadership, according to the Turkish report.<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Turkey?src=hash&#038;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Turkey<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Israel?src=hash&#038;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Israel<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Mossad?src=hash&#038;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Mossad<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/LmJqdjvAdA\">https:\/\/t.co\/LmJqdjvAdA<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 The Jerusalem Post (@Jerusalem_Post) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Jerusalem_Post\/status\/1675866696148451328?\">July 3, 2023<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<h3>Previous Espionage Arrests and Diplomatic Relations<\/h3>\n<p>In May, Turkish officials announced the arrest of 11 people for spying on an Iranian company and individuals with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/hunter-biden-defector-emails-pipeline-to-obama-admin-seen-as-currency\/\" title=\"Hunter Biden Defector Emails: 'Pipeline' to Obama Admin Seen as 'Currency'\">business ties<\/a> to Tehran. Reports indicated that at least one member of the cell received training in Israel.<\/p>\n<p>Last summer, Jerusalem and Ankara restored full diplomatic ties, aiming to deepen ties between the two peoples and strengthen regional stability, according to then-Israeli Prime Minister Yair Lapid.<\/p>\n<p>Six months ago, Irit Lillian became the first Israeli ambassador to Turkey since 2018, presenting her credentials to Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan.<\/p>\n<h3>Points of Contention<\/h3>\n<p>However, significant points of contention between the two countries remain. Notably, Hamas maintains its operational headquarters on Turkish soil, using it to orchestrate and fund terrorism in Judea and Samaria. Erdogan has expelled a handful of Hamas members from Turkish soil in recent months. Turkey&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/off-to-a-bad-start-putin-schools-biden-with-one-phone-call\/\" title=\"Off to a Bad START: Putin Schools Biden with One Phone Call\">foreign minister<\/a> also stated last year that the country does not see Hamas as a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/president-trump-sends-message-to-democrats-and-rino-republicans-thousands-pouring-into-dc-wont-stand-for-stolen-election\/\" title=\"President Trump Sends Message to Democrats and RINO Republicans: \u2018Thousands Pouring Into DC Won\u2019t Stand for Stolen Election\u2019\">terrorist organization<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><i>Produced in association with <\/i><a href=\"https:\/\/www.jns.org\"><i>Jewish News Syndicate<\/i><\/a><i>.<\/i><\/p>\n<p>The post <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/seven-suspected-mossad-agents-arrested-turkish-counterintelligence\/\">Seven Suspected Mossad Agents Arrested by Turkish Counterintelligence<\/a> appeared first on <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\">The Western Journal<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Turkish counterintelligence apprehended seven suspected Mossad agents for espionage, according to Ankara&#8217;s National Intelligence Organization. Pro-government media reported that all seven confessed to working for the Israeli intelligence agency and were believed to have spied on foreigners. The suspects possessed passports of various countries.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2075,"featured_media":1963382,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[548],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1963381","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-conservative-news-daily"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1963381","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2075"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1963381"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1963381\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1963382"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1963381"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1963381"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1963381"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}