A vulture flies for Israel

The vulture lived in an Israeli nature reserve but, when it landed in Lebanon, was equipped with an Israeli identification ring and location transmitter. The vulture (P98) was captured by residents of a Lebanese town.

It seems as though Israel does like to use animals as spies. In 2015 Hamas captured a dolphin equipped with video cameras for an Israeli spying mission. In 2011, Saudi media reported the capture of a vulture carrying a GPS transmitter and an identification ring from Tel Aviv University. In 2010, Egypt reported Red Sea sharks linked to to Israel’s Mossad.