Egyptian, two Israelis receive life sentences for spying
The defendants were found guilty of espionage from 2011 to 2014
Ahram Online , Sunday 19 Apr 2015
http://english.ahram.org.eg/NewsContent/1/64/128061/Egypt/Politics-/Egyptian,-two-Israelis-receive-life-sentences-for-.aspx

An Egyptian court sentenced on Sunday an Egyptian citizen and two Israelis
to life in jail on charges of spying, Al-Ahram Arabic news website reported.

The criminal court of Al-Arish also fined the defendants EGP10,000. The two
Israelis were tried in absentia.

The defendants were found guilty of espionage in the period from August 2011
to February 2014.

Investigations showed the Egyptian defendant leaked information to the
Israelis, who included an Mossad officer, about the army and militant groups
in Sinai for nearly $38,000 and an apartment in Israel.

The Egyptian also faced charges of illegal travel between Egypt and Israel.

Israel signed a peace treaty with Egypt in 1979.

In October 2011, Egypt freed a US-Israeli dual national, Ilan Grapel, after
he was arrested in Cairo and accused of working for Israel's Mossad, under a
prisoner swap deal that saw Israel free 25 Egyptian prisoners.