BREAKING NEWSIsraeli citizen is arrested after accepting cash from Iran to assassinate Benjamin Netanyahu

An Israeli citizen was arrested after allegedly accepting money from Iran to assassinate Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, it has been revealed. 

Israeli Defence Minister Yoav Gallant and Shin Bet Director Ronen Bar announced today that Tehran was behind a plot to kill senior officials in Israel following the assassination of Hamas political chief Ismail Haniyeh in late July.

Former Prime Minister Naftali Bennett and other top Israeli officials were also named as Iranian targets claimed to have been uncovered by Israeli intelligence.

Iran had allegedly planned to employ an Israeli businessman with extensive time spent in Turkey to develop a plot on Netanyahus life within Israel.

Plans were said to have been underway as early as April this year, when Turkish citizens reached out to the Israeli businessman to talk through the plan.

Netanyahu allegedly faced assassination attempts after the death of Haniyeh in Tehran in July

Andrei Farouk Aslan and Guneid Aslan were named as the intermediaries serving to connect the alleged assassin with Iran via Turkey.

They were alleged to have met with the unidentified Israeli citizen in Samandag in May to meet and discuss the plot.

The Israeli businessman was alleged to have requested one million dollars before agreeing to anything.

Israeli intelligence understands he then received 5,000 euros as he underwent training in Iran.