The Economic Department of the State Attorney’s Office announced today (Sunday) to 10 suspects and three companies that it intends to file an indictment against them subject to a hearing, on suspicion of committing security offenses, weapons offenses, offenses under the Defense Export Control Law, offenses under the Anti-Money Laundering Law and more. The suspects were interrogated as part of a large-scale security affair in which it was suspected that they manufactured, brokered and exported stray missiles intended for military use in China, without a permit.
The letters of suspicion describe how Ephraim Menashe, the owner of the Solar Sky company, which, among other things, engaged in the production of stray missiles, made a deal with officials in China who competed in a tender to supply stray missiles to the Chinese army for production and export. The transaction was mediated by Zion Gazit and Uri Shachar, the owners of a security consulting company, whose main business is consulting and mediation between foreign investors and Israeli companies engaged in technology development, including security technology.
In addition, Menashe hired the services of Zvika and Ziv Naveh, the owner of Inokon, whose main business is the production of UAVs for intelligence purposes, and also recruited other people who worked to produce the stray missile on all its components – from its rocket engine to the wings. Menashe and others carried out dozens of roaming missiles and conducted various tests in the territories of the State of Israel at the risk of human life. He disguised them as part of his connections with a foreign company.
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