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AP: Hezbollah arrests Syrian-born Palestinian with Ukrainian citizenship on suspicion of spying for Israel

The Zioneer Intelligence Desk

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TL;DR

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

3 developments

  1. Latest

    Suspect Khaled al-Eidi re-arrested by Hezbollah after re-entering Lebanon from Ethiopia.

  2. Arabic media reports the spy disappeared following an Israeli bombing

  3. AP: Palestinian suspected of spying for Israel held by Hezbollah in Beirut, escaped amid IDF strike

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02 · Source and signal

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