Egypt sentences 3 to jail for spying for Israel

A court sentenced an Egyptian businessman, as well as two Israelis tried in absentia, to life in prison on Thursday for spying on behalf of Israel, a judicial source said.

Egypt arrested businessman Tarek Abdel Rezek Hussein, 37, an owner of an import-export firm, in August. Two Israelis, who have not been arrested, were also sentenced by the emergency state security court. Hussein was accused of accepting $37,000 to provide Israel with information about Egyptians working in telecommunications companies who could be recruited to spy in Egypt, Syria and Lebanon. (Reuters)