Israeli soldier accused of using classified intelligence to bet on attacks in Mena

An Israeli soldier and another individual have been indicted for using classified military information to place bets on future Israeli attacks in the Middle East. According to Israel’s Shin Bet security service, the suspects used the cryptocurrency-based prediction market, Polymarket, to wager on events like a potential Israeli strike on Iran. The indictment follows a report that one user won over $152,000 by betting that Israel would attack Iran. The Israeli government stated that using secret information for such bets poses a significant security risk to state security and military operations.