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Israel’s police arrested an Israeli citizen allegedly recruited by Iran to plot the assassinations of top Israeli officials, including Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, the police and Shin Bet said Thursday. “An Israeli citizen was recruited by Iranian intelligence to promote assassinations of Israeli figures. He was smuggled twice into Iran and received payment for carrying out missions,” the statement said. It said Netanyahu, Defence Minister Yoav Gallant, the Shin Bet security service’s chief, Ronen Bar, and other top officials were among the targets. A court document seen by AFP on Thursd…

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