Egypt's Attorney General referred on Sunday a Jordanian and an Israeli to an emergency court on charges of "spying for a foreign country with the purpose of harming Egyptian national interests", dpa reported.
Bashar Ibrahim Abu Zeid, a Jordanian telecommunications engineer, was detained in Egypt last April after intelligence information allegedly showed he was spying for the Mossad, Israel's intelligence body. Ofer Herari, a Mossad officer, is to be tried in absentia.
Herari had allegedly tasked Abu Zeid with recruiting Egyptians working in the telecoms sector, as well as tracking telephone calls in Egypt.
Their case was referred to the National Security Emergency Court.
The Attorney General did not say when the trial would begin.
In June, Egypt arrested US-Israeli Ilan Grapel and accused him of encouraging violent protests, stirring internal divisions and of spying for Israel. He denied the charges.
Egypt to try Jordanian, Israeli on espionage charges
Egypt's Attorney General referred on Sunday a Jordanian and an Israeli to an emergency court on charges of "spying for a foreign country with the purpose of harming Egyptian national interests", dpa reported.
