Murder of Israel Defense Forces Chief of Staff prevented

Tira resident Rawi Fuad Sultani, 23, was arrested by Shin Bet and Israel Police forces earlier this month and indicted at the Haifa District Court.

According to the charge sheet, Sultani first made contact with Hezbollah agents at a multi-national Arab summer camp in Morocco organized by the Israeli Arab political party Balad.
    
Lebanese Hezbollah agent Salman Harev, who also took part in the camp, spent much of the summer lecturing the Israeli Arab participants on his group's struggle.

Harev allegedly recruited Sultani, who is the son of a well-known Tira lawyer, after the latter informed him that he and the IDF chief worked out at the same Kfar Sava gym. The two remained in touch via telephone and Facebook after Sultani returned to Israel.

In December 2008, Sultani allegedly flew to Poland to meet another Hezbollah agent, where he then imparted all the information he had collected on Ashkenazi. The second agent, "Sami", allegedly asked Sultani to gather informatioon on other senior Israeli and IDF officials.