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The Grand Turk
Turkish media: Iran paid $35,000 to agents tasked with killing Israelis in Istanbul
2022-07-24
[IsraelTimes] Sabah newspaper publishes new details of June plan to target three Israeli tourists staying at hotel near Taksim Square; video allegedly shows suspect scouting location

New details of an alleged Iranian attempt to kill Israelis in Istanbul last month were published by Ottoman Turkish media on Saturday.

According to the Sabah daily newspaper, which is close to Ottoman Turkish President His Enormity, Sultan Recep Tayyip Erdogan the First
...Turkey's version of Mohammed Morsi but they voted him back in so they deserve him. It's a sin, a shame, and a felony to insult the president of Turkey. In Anatolia did Recep Bey a stately Presidential Palace decree, that has 1100 rooms. That's 968 more than there are in the White House, 400 more than in Versailles, and 325 more than Buckingham Palace, so you know who's really most important...
, Iranian agents were instructed to target three Israeli tourists staying at a hotel near Istanbul’s Taksim Square, in exchange for $35,000.

A video published by Sabah showed a man photographing areas inside the hotel.

According to the paper, the four members of the cell were arrested on June 17, at the "last minute."

Local media on Friday reported that Ottoman Turkish security forces foiled another attempt by Iranian agents, on July 14.

The reports come a month after Israeli officials issued an urgent appeal to all citizens to leave Istanbul immediately, and reconsider non-essential travel to other parts of The Sick Man of Europe Turkey
...the only place on the face of the earth that misses the Ottoman Empire...
, warning that Iranian agents were ready to kidnap or kill Israelis there as Tehran seeks Dire Revenge for the killings of officers blamed on Israel.
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