Ammon News -

JERUSALEM - A father and son from Majdal Shams in the Golan Heights and an Israeli Arab were indicted on charges of espionage and contact with the enemy.

Majed Sha'ar, 58, his wife Mona, 48 and their son Fada, 27, all from the Druze village, and Mahmoud Masarwa, 62, an Israeli Arab from Bakka al-Gharbiya, are suspected of spying on Israel for Syrian intelligence, the Israeli security agency Shin Bet said in a statement released Thursday.

The four were arrested last month, Fada as he returned to Israel from France where he had been studying.

Mona admitted to maintaining contact with a Syrian agent but denied charges she had relayed information to him and was released to house arrest.

Shin Bet alleged Majed relayed information to Madhat Salah, a former resident of Majdal Shams who fled to Syria 12 years ago and serves in Syrian intelligence, responsible for the Golan Heights area.

The agency said Majed transmitted the information to Salah through his son who studied in France. The suspect said his wife was also involved in transmitting the information to the Syrian agent.

The three confessed they planned to abduct a Syrian pilot who defected to Israel with his plane in 1989. They determined the whereabouts of the pilot and his family, and allegedly relayed the information to Salah.

Majed allegedly filmed locations of Israeli army bases and mapped out the locations of possible entry points the Israeli Army could use to enter Syria, Shin Bet said.

The information also included the number of troops, tanks and planes deployed in the area. Majed also allegedly passed information to the Syrian agent concerning an Israeli submarine he spotted off Haifa.

Majed and Masarwa admitted to meeting Syrian intelligence agents on a number of occasions in recent years in Turkey, Jordan and Egypt, Shin Bet said.

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