Egypt charges two 'Israeli agents,' two Egyptians with spying

[February 18, 2014]  CAIRO (Reuters) — Egypt's public prosecutor charged on Tuesday two men it said were Israeli intelligence agents and two Egyptians with conspiring in Israel's interests, according to a statement from the prosecutor's office.

"The public prosecutor ordered Ramzy Mohamed, Sahar Ibrahim, Samuel Ben Zeev and David Wisemen — two officers in the Israeli Mossad — to be sent to a Cairo criminal court for spying for the interests of the state of Israel," the statement read.

(Reporting by Yasmine Saleh; writing by Maggie Fick; editing by John Stonestreet)

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