Hizbullah has reportedly detained two of its high-ranking
officials and a member of a municipality in the eastern Bekaa valley for
cooperating with Israel.
According to An Nahar newspaper published on Wednesday, the
party’s security apparatus was able to expose the three members five days ago.
Media reports revealed earlier this month that Hizbullah was able
to crack a spying cell that involved three men who resided in Bourj al-Barajneh
area in Beirut’s southern suburbs, a Hizbullah stronghold.
The three men according to the reports are not members of
Hizbullah but are known for having close relations with high-ranking officials
in the party.
The first suspect M. H. lived in Ukraine in 1998-2000 and worked
at a human smuggling network, where he helped smuggle Lebanese, Palestinian and
Iraqi citizens into Europe.
He later moved back to Lebanon, and then headed to France where he
was supposedly detained on charges of smuggling people.
However, the reports said that he wasn’t detained but actually
worked with a western intelligence agency that tasked him to monitor the
endeavors of an official at Hizbullah who lived close to him in Beirut.
The nature of the mission given to the other two alleged spy
network members J. J. and M. S. remains obscure, according to the reports.
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