Egypt’s public prosecutor on Saturday extended by 15 days the detention of a man suspected of spying for the Zionist entity.

Ilan Grapel during his military service within IOF

Egypt's public prosecutor on Saturday extended by 15 days the detention of a man suspected of spying for the Zionist entity, a judicial source said.

Ilan Grapel, a US-Israeli dual national, "will remain in custody for another 15 days pending investigation," the source added.

His remand had been due to expire Monday.

American-born Ilan Grapel was arrested last month in a Cairo hotel and placed in preventative detention for 15 days.

He has been accused of being an agent with the Zionist Mossad intelligence agency and of sowing sectarian strife and chaos in Egypt after a popular uprising forced Hosni Mubarak to step down on February 11.