Beirut, March 29: Lebanese security forces say they have arrested a man on suspicion of espionage for Israel in line with Beirut’s resolve to counter espionage activities.
The unnamed suspect, detained on March 21, has been charged with closely monitoring the situation in Lebanon and providing information about different sects’ relations and views on Hezbollah resistance movement to Israel between 2006 and early 2011, Naharnet reported on Monday.
He also provided the Israeli regime with detailed and comprehensive information on the city of Tyre, located some 83 kilometers (51 miles) south of the Lebanese capital, Beirut.
Pieces of information already passed on to Tel Aviv include Tyre’s sectarian composition, the relationship between the locals and Hezbollah, Hezbollah’s religious and social institutions, and the locations of a number of Lebanese lawmakers.
Lebanon considers itself to be in a state of war with Israel and bans any contact with the Tel Aviv regime.
Lebanon has recently stepped up efforts to disband the spy groups working for the Israeli spy agency, Mossad.
More than 100 people have been arrested on suspicion of spying for Mossad since April 2009, including members of the country’s security forces and telecommunications personnel.
All have been accused of providing Israel with intelligence on Hezbollah.
——–Agencies