BEIRUT: An Egyptian national living in Lebanon confessed to spying for Israel after he and his Lebanese wife were arrested by the army’s Intelligence Branch over the weekend.
According to a statement issued by the army Monday, the couple had been under surveillance for some time before being arrested on suspicion of collaborating with Israeli intelligence in Hasbaya in southeast Lebanon.
The statement said that the man, identified by his initials I.S., confessed to working with Israeli intelligence since 1999. He said he had received money in exchange for security services and said that his wife knew he had been working with Israeli intelligence, the statement added.
Spying and communication devices were allegedly discovered in the suspect’s home, including a mobile phone with an Israeli SIM card.
Elsewhere, in the southern town of Naqoura, army intelligence arrested a Palestinian national who had swum from Nahariya Beach in Israel to the beach of Naqoura, the statement said.
Since the army launched a crackdown on suspected collaborators in 2007, Lebanon has rounded up over 150 individuals, including high-ranking military officials and telecom staff suspected of spying for Israel.
The most prominent figure among those rounded up was retired General and Free Patriotic Movement member Fayez Karam, who was convicted earlier this month and sentenced to two years in prison. Dozens of collaborators have been sentenced to either prison terms or death.
According to a statement issued by the army Monday, the couple had been under surveillance for some time before being arrested on suspicion of collaborating with Israeli intelligence in Hasbaya in southeast Lebanon.
The statement said that the man, identified by his initials I.S., confessed to working with Israeli intelligence since 1999. He said he had received money in exchange for security services and said that his wife knew he had been working with Israeli intelligence, the statement added.
Spying and communication devices were allegedly discovered in the suspect’s home, including a mobile phone with an Israeli SIM card.
Elsewhere, in the southern town of Naqoura, army intelligence arrested a Palestinian national who had swum from Nahariya Beach in Israel to the beach of Naqoura, the statement said.
Since the army launched a crackdown on suspected collaborators in 2007, Lebanon has rounded up over 150 individuals, including high-ranking military officials and telecom staff suspected of spying for Israel.
The most prominent figure among those rounded up was retired General and Free Patriotic Movement member Fayez Karam, who was convicted earlier this month and sentenced to two years in prison. Dozens of collaborators have been sentenced to either prison terms or death.
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