The State Attorney’s
Economic Department told the suspects that an indictment would be filed on
allegations of committing security offences, weapons offences, Defence Export
Control Law offences, Anti Money Laundering Law offences, and other offences.
The owner of the Solar
Sky company, Ephraim Menashe, which makes cruise missiles, among other things,
mediated a deal with Chinese entities bidding for a tender to supply cruise
missiles to the Chinese military. He was the owner of Solar Sky and allegedly
the mastermind behind the entire enterprise. He employed Tzvika and Ziv Naveh,
the proprietors of the Innocon drone company, as well as other unnamed
suspects.
Menashe is thought to
have struck a deal with Chinese enterprises bidding for a contract. According
to the prosecutor’s office, the accused allegedly smuggled missile components
to China. They were also charged with threatening human life because the
missiles were purportedly tested in Israeli neighbourhoods.
According to sources,
China did not use the missiles. There are several hundred licenced arms
exporters in the country, with several of them active in the defence supply
chain.
