A leaked confession indicates the Red Crescent was infiltrated by Israeli intelligence, which exploited its collaborator network within the Occupied Palestinian Territories to engage in criminal activity including drug trafficking, shocking acts of sexual blackmail, and political executions.<\/p>\n
The document was obtained by The Grayzone, which verified its authenticity through two West Bank sources with knowledge of the case. Originally published by the State of Palestine Public Prosecution, the letter shines a light on the inner workings of Tel Aviv\u2019s espionage network inside the West Bank, revealing how resistance groups are infiltrated and monitored, while common Palestinians are press-ganged into serving the apartheid state.<\/p>\n
The confession traces the story of a longstanding Palestinian collaborator within the Red Crescent who was originally recruited by Israel in December 2004, following \u201csecurity incidents\u201d across the West Bank during the height of the Second Intifada.<\/p>\n
At this time, the Palestinian visited an Israeli \u201cfield interrogation center\u201d established near their home. Struggling financially as the primary breadwinner in a fatherless family, they were considered an ideal recruit by Israel\u2019s intelligence services. The Grayzone has omitted the identities of the Palestinians named in the confession letter.<\/p>\n
In the letter, the Palestinian collaborator recounted speaking to an operative identifying themselves as \u201cCaptain Ibrahim.\u201d<\/p>\n \u201cGiven my work in medical relief, I was familiar with all the activists and wanted persons, and therefore I should cooperate with him and Israeli intelligence,\u201d the accused collaborator wrote. Ibrahim appeared to know about his precarious financial situation, offering him a \u201cgenerous\u201d payoff in return for cooperation.<\/p>\n Successfully wooed by a combination of \u201cprofit\u201d and \u201cconveniences and\u2026 benefits,\u201d the Palestinian agreed, despite knowing his actions were \u201cneither ethical nor patriotic\u201d and would amount to \u201ctreasonous collaboration with the Israelis, and that nothing justifies [that].\u201d<\/p>\n He was given a \u201cghost\u201d phone for contacting Captain Ibrahim. His initial tasking was relatively mundane \u2013 \u201cto collect information about resistance activists among the Palestinians and those who fire at Israeli forces or anyone carrying a firearm.\u201d He received 500 shekels for each piece of information. His Red Crescent position provided a steady flow of invaluable information, and \u201cthere was a direct response\u2026 from the Israeli army and its intelligence\u201d whenever he alerted Captain Ibrahim.<\/p>\n \u201cBecause I was a volunteer in relief work at the time and, being local, I was able to know many faction activists and follow them, the first pieces of information concerned monitoring the locations where activists gathered, their activities, their identities and their movements,\u201d the agent testified. \u201cThere were\u2026 people who provided me with information in good faith, without knowing my true intentions \u2013 among them a woman living in an area in eastern Nablus that frequently witnesses security incidents.\u201d<\/p>\n Due to his success in \u201cproviding information,\u201d the Palestinian collaborator\u2019s responsibilities began to grow. After four months, Ibrahim introduced him to an Israeli spy codenamed \u201cSuzy,\u201d who \u201ccarried out intelligence work under the cover of being a coordinator for foreign volunteers who visit Nablus to provide humanitarian aid and relief.\u201d<\/p>\n A source familiar with \u201cSuzy\u201d has informed The Grayzone that she is a US citizen. Her meeting with the Palestinian agent drew him into a long-running conspiracy to recruit further vulnerable assets, identify assassination targets, and even personally assassinate resistance fighters.<\/p>\n In the course of their collaboration, the Palestinian guided Suzy \u201cto the places where activists, shooters, and houses of those wanted by the Israelis gathered,\u201d so she could \u201caccompany Israeli forces when they carried out operations against them,\u201d including arrests and assassinations. Her Red Crescent role, he wrote, provided perfect cover for espionage work, allowing her to enter \u201cwanted persons\u2019 homes\u201d under the guise of \u201cproviding assistance to them and their families.\u201d<\/p>\n He and Suzy also constructed a \u201cnetwork of informants by luring and recruiting young men and women\u2026 whose living conditions were poor or who had sexual inclinations.\u201d The pair \u201cestablished sexual relationships with some and lured others with money.\u201d Suzy, the man said, constructed a dedicated space at Red Crescent\u2019s Nablus headquarters, equipped with \u201ccameras for filming,\u201d where she and the Palestinian asset would engage in sexual activities with targets.<\/p>\n Having been compromised, the victims \u201cwere forced to cooperate with us,\u201d the accused collaborator wrote. Those who refused were \u201cthreatened with exposure,\u201d the letter states.<\/p>\n Together, the Red Crescent agent and Suzy \u201cbrought down [or] compromised more than sixteen young men and women\u201d from Nablus, Bethlehem and Hebron until 2019. \u201cThe outcome of these recruitment and entrapment operations was the establishment of a considerable number of young men and women used either to provide information or to distribute drugs on behalf of the Israeli intelligence,\u201d he stated.<\/p>\n A woman from Nablus was targeted for sexual blackmail \u201cthrough volunteer committees.\u201d The Palestinian agent \u201cprovided her with assistance and established a sexual relationship with her,\u201d recording \u201csexual phone calls between us.\u201d This particular relationship proved pivotal in the supply of intelligence that assisted Israel\u2019s liquidation of an Al-Aqsa Martyrs Brigades commander in April 2007. \u201cDue to her proximity to his residence and her ability to monitor him closely without arousing suspicion,\u201d the agent was able to provide \u201cimmediate, up-to-date information about his hiding place.\u201d (Western media\u00a0reported<\/a>\u00a0Israel\u2019s killing of two Al Aqsa Martyrs Brigades figures during a raid in Nablus in April 2007).<\/p>\n The commander \u201cwas targeted by a ground force and there was an armed clash that led to his death.\u201d The agent received 9500 shekels for his role in the operation, now equivalent to around $3000 USD.<\/p>\n Later that year, the Palestinian collaborator was given an identical sum for an operation which ended with him personally executing two Palestinian fighters, he wrote. Though \u201cthe mission began with gathering information about them and monitoring their movements,\u201d it took an ominous turn when an intermediary appeared and provided him with an improvised explosive device, along with instructions for deploying it.<\/p>\n Having known \u201cexactly what time\u201d his Israeli handlers\u2019 targets would arrive, the collaborator deposited the IED \u2013 set to detonate within 15 minutes of activation \u2013 before returning home.<\/p>\n After the explosion, he said he ran to the site \u201cunder the pretext that I was from that neighborhood and a volunteer first responder with the medical relief.\u201d The two fighters were killed along with their entourage, the agent stated.<\/p>\n Palestinian media has\u00a0documented<\/a>\u00a0numerous incidents of Israeli shooting and bombing of Palestinian resistance figures in Nablus throughout late 2007.<\/p>\n The recordings obtained by The Grayzone reveal how Israeli intelligence sought to compromise and\/or recruit \u201cas many salon and hairdressing owners as possible, or even young women,\u201d with a specific focus on \u201cdivorcees and widows and anyone in a vulnerable situation to be exploited.\u201d In order to cultivate \u201ca strong, wide intelligence network\u201d within the local industry, Tel Aviv began hosting secret \u201ctraining courses for interested women\u201d working in hotels and beauty salons in the Occupied Territories.<\/p>\n Beauty shows were organized and aid and grants distributed to get more Palestinians involved in the trade. Eventually, women introduced through these networks were recruited as informants.<\/p>\n As heard in the confession, \u201cthe aim of this new group\u201d was to source information from the salons\u2019 customers, while distributing \u201cprohibited substances\u201d \u2013 drugs \u2013 which were \u201csmuggled from Jordan.\u201d The agent oversaw the transfer of these illicit substances over the Israeli-Jordan border in coordination with Jordanian beauty salon owners, assisted by both sides\u2019 intelligence services.<\/p>\n Over the years, Israeli security forces have recruited tens of thousands of Palestinians from the territories to work as collaborators, using a variety of methods that violate international law, including extortion and blackmail. In targeting Palestinians dependent on social services offered by the occupation, Israeli authorities set their sights on a Palestinian from Nablus named\u00a0Zouheir Ghalit.<\/p>\n In a leaked video, Ghalit revealed how Israeli intelligence recruited and deployed him as an informant and operational asset:<\/p>\n Zouheir Ghalit:\u00a0<\/i><\/b>My name is Zouheir Khalil Zouheir Ghalit from the Old City of Nablus. I was connected with Israelis via a video. They asked me to go down to Huwara for an interview. I went down to Huwara. I communicated with the captain who is called Anwar. I went to him and he told me that I had a mission. My first mission. \u201cWhat is the mission\u201d I asked. We talked for a while.\u201d<\/p>\n \u201cHe explained that I must locate and spy on The Chechen. And the men with Al Dakhil and Ashraf. Their whole focus was on The Chechen\u00a0[an apparent resistance fighter from Nablus]<\/em>. Where he goes and where he stays. I tracked him many times. The last time he was at the Grand Mosque next to the fountain. I called the officer and relayed the whereabouts to him. He rewarded me with a carton of cigarette packets. Someone called me and told me to go to Israel. I said I\u2019ll go to look for work and I went.\u201d<\/p>\n \u201cI met the officer and he explained that I have a second mission. He told me I have to locate the path of Saleh Al Azizi. To find out who he walks around with in the neighborhood and where he goes. I spied according to instructions. I watched doors, windows, alleys, and CCTV cameras. I watched the doors and windows to see who is coming and going. I did that for two weeks.\u201d<\/p>\n \u201cI was asked to go to Israel once more. They took me to the Huwara military base. There they told me of my new mission to infiltrate the home of Saleh Al Azizi. May he rest in peace. We went to a deserted area. The IDF came and blindfolded me. They put me in a jeep and took me Huwara military base. A while passed. Then they raided Saleh Al Azizi\u2019s neighborhood. They made me wear their same special forces uniform.\u201d<\/p>\n \u201cTheir mission was to eliminate Abu Saleh Al Azizi and Aboud Sobh. My mission was to identify their targets for them. They took me and put me in a [freezer] and raided the neighborhood. I went out as they started engaging. I was able to identify through the windows and the doors. I identified with detail and then they returned me to the Jeep. They kept me in the Jeep for two to three hours as they finished their engagement and eliminated the targets. They took me from the Jeep and into the house. They gave me a phone and some of the items they had confiscated. And then back to the Jeep.\u201d<\/p>\n Interrogator:<\/i><\/b>\u00a0They made you look for the items in the home?<\/p>\n Zouheir Ghalit:<\/i><\/b>\u00a0They made me look around the sofas in the home.<\/p>\n Interrogator:<\/i><\/b>\u00a0What did you do with the items?<\/p>\n Zouheir Ghalit:<\/i><\/b>\u00a0They gave me two phones and [unintelligible]. They returned me to the Jeep and we went back to the military base. They were laughing, joking, and drinking. My sole mission was to identify the targets. Once their mission was done, they gave me 500 Shekels and a carton of Marlboro cigarettes and my mission ended.<\/p>\n According to a 1994\u00a0report<\/a>\u00a0by the Israeli human rights group, B\u2019tselem, \u201ccollaborators, especially those who were armed, frequently used violence against other Palestinians, whether as part of their duties as collaborators or for personal motives.\u201d<\/p>\n Many of the practices conducted by Israeli security to \u201crecruit collaborators, such as pressure, threats, extortion, and granting of services or permits conditional on assistance to the authorities\u201d are prohibited under\u00a0international law<\/a>, constituting human rights violations. The same can be said for the actions carried out by \u201cagents of the state.\u201d<\/p>\n Since its occupation of Palestine in 1948, Israeli intelligence has been known to exploit any potential weaknesses among the indigenous population. For the Shin Bet and other Israeli agencies, the\u00a0easiest targets<\/a>\u00a0have been Palestinians who are struggling financially, those who desperately need permits to travel abroad for medical purposes, or those who are discovered to be gay.<\/p>\n In Gaza and the occupied West Bank, those found to be collaborating with Israel are often met with swift \u2013 and sometimes final \u2013 punishment.<\/p>\n The Grayzone spoke to a West Bank source who indicated that the unnamed collaborator who authored the confession is currently being held by the Palestinian Authority. Another source stated that the other accused collaborator, Zouheir Ghalit, is no longer alive. The Grayzone could not confirm the fate of either man.<\/p>\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/thegrayzone.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/3confession.png?resize=1024%2C762&ssl=1\")
<\/a><\/p>\nSexual blackmail enables Israeli assassinations<\/b><\/h3>\n
Funding Palestinian beauty salons for drug dealing<\/b><\/h3>\n
Collaborating with Israel for a carton of cigarettes<\/b><\/h3>\n
Destroying Palestinian society from within\u00a0<\/b><\/h3>\n