The 16-year-old Israeli boy who was manipulated by Iranian agents reported to the police at the beginning of his contact with the agents - but continued to carry out the tasks assigned to him and receive payment.
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According to a report this evening (Saturday night) by Roy Yanovsky on Kan News, the teenager, a resident of central Israel and a high school student, claims that he continued to cooperate with his Iranian handlers out of fear of them and after not receiving protection from the police.
As part of the tasks he received, the teenager used an operational phone, installed a dedicated app through which he spoke with Iranian intelligence officials, hid money, photographed websites, and printed posters.
During his interrogation, the boy claimed that he was very afraid of the operators. Among other things, he said that at one point a SIM card was placed under his house.
The boy's parents knew nothing about his activities.
The investigation also revealed that the boy refused the task assigned to him when his handlers demanded that he set fire to wood.
The investigation into his case is being conducted by the Fraud and Online Crime Unit in the Central District and by the Shin Bet.
The boy's lawyer, Amir Navon: "The involvement of the General Security Service in the investigation in question began when the minor approached the police with a request to receive protection from Iranian intelligence that had contacted him. Instead of helping him and protecting him, they chose to monitor his every action as if he were an undercover agent - something that is forbidden when it comes to minors - while endangering his life and the lives of his family.
"It would have been better if the indictment had not been filed under the aforementioned circumstances, and it would have been better if, before the authorities made such exploitative and dangerous use of the minor, they had brought this to the attention of his parents."
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