Prosecutor General Hisham Barakat referred two Egyptians and two Israeli Mossad agents to the Cairo Criminal Court on charges of forming a network to spy for Israel.
The defendants are Ramzi Mohamed Ahmed al-Shebiny and Sahar Ibrahim Mohamed Salama from Egypt, and Samuel Ben Zeev and David Weisman from the Mossad.
The Egyptians are accused of spying for Israel and providing the Mossad agents with information harmful to national interest in exchange for money and gifts.
The first defendant is also accused of having sexual relations with female members of the Israeli intelligence service.
Edited translation from Al-Masry Al-Youm
