Hezbollah arrested Khaled al-Eidi, a Palestinian born in Syria who also holds Ukrainian citizenship, on suspicion of spying for Israel and involvement in a cell that allegedly planned attacks in Lebanon, AP reports. The cell is suspected of targeting sites linked to Hezbollah, including areas near events marking the anniversary of Hassan Nasrallah's assassination. According to reports, al-Eidi escaped custody during an Israeli airstrike on Beirut's Dahieh suburb in March and fled to Syria; he re-entered Lebanon on a flight from Ethiopia and was allegedly part of a network run by a Mossad agent based in Germany.
01 · How it developed
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02 · Source and signal
Source and signal
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