A Polish appeals court has upheld a lower court's decision to hand over to Germany an alleged Mossad agent wanted in the slaying of a Hamas leader.
The decision means that the alleged agent, Uri Brodsky ,must be handed over to Germany within 10 days.
Brodsky was arrested in Warsaw in June on a European warrant charging him with espionage and helping to falsely obtain a German passport. The passport was allegedly used in connection with the January 19 slaying ofHamas commander Mahmoud al-Mabhouh in Dubai.
Warsaw's appeals court on Thursday upheld a July ruling ordering Brodsky extradited to Germany on the forgery charges only. That means he can only be tried in Germany for forgery and not spying, which would spare Israel a possibly embarrassing espionage trial.