Six Israeli Citizens Charged with Transferring Millions to Hamas-Linked Terror Networks
Indictment reveals covert operation directed by Hamas operative in Turkey; over 3.5 million NIS funneled to terror cells during the Iron Swords War
Photo: Israel Police website (Cyber Unit)
Israel’s State Attorney's Office has recently filed an indictment with the Central District Court in Lod against six Israeli citizens who, between November 2024 and March 2025, operated an extensive and covert cash transfer operation to the West Bank, under the direction of a Hamas operative based in Turkey.
In total, the defendants transferred over 3.5 million NIS across 16 different transactions, ranging from 87,000 to 400,000 NIS per transfer. The transfers were directed by a Hamas operative in Turkey and Jadie Saadi, a resident of Jenin and former security prisoner, who relocated to Turkey in 2016. There, he began operating on behalf of Hamas, Palestinian Islamic Jihad, and the Quds Force of Iran’s Revolutionary Guard, facilitating large-scale money transfers to fund terrorist infrastructure in the West Bank.
The defendants were indicted for multiple offenses under the Prohibition on Terrorist Property Transactions Law. Four of them are also charged with contact with a foreign agent from a terrorist organization.
The indictment, submitted by the State Attorney’s Cyber Department, details how the accused carried out the money transfers using sophisticated and clandestine methods — including the use of operational phones, strict compartmentalization, changing couriers, and using "triangular drop points" to transfer the funds. The indictment also specifies that in at least two instances, hundreds of thousands of NIS in cash reached terror cells involved in carrying out terrorist attacks against Israeli targets.
The prosecution has requested the court to detain all six defendants until the conclusion of legal proceedings, citing the severe threat they pose. In its detention request, the Cyber Department noted: that “The defendants' actions represent a severe, direct, and ongoing threat to state security. This was a prolonged, systematic, and sophisticated operation involving the transfer of millions of shekels to operatives affiliated with Hamas, some of whom serve in cells that actively carry out attacks in Israel. These actions were carried out during the Swords of Iron War, with some of the accused having contact with foreign agents.”
The case was investigated jointly by the Israel Security Agency (Shin Bet) and the National Cyber Unit of Lahav 433.
