Lebanese-Canadian arrested for ‘spying for Israel’

By Wassim Seifeddine</p> <p>BEIRUT (AA) – A Lebanese-Canadian dual national has been arrested in Beirut on suspicion of spying for Israel, Lebanese authorities said Tuesday.</p> <p>According to a statement by the country's General Security Service, the 40-year-old suspect was arrested at the directive of the Office of Public Military Prosecution.</p> <p>The move came within the framework of the prosecution's investigations into spying and efforts to dismantle spy cells, the statement said.</p> <p>The suspect admitted during interrogation that he was recruited in 2013 by a fugitive Lebanese agent and commissioned to recruit Lebanese citizens with the ultimate goal of infiltrating the Lebanese Hezbollah group, it added.</p> <p>He was also assigned to gather security information, especially regarding Israeli airman Ron Arad, who has been missing in Lebanon since 1986, the statement said.</p> <p>Efforts are underway to arrest other suspects involved in the case, it added.

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