Lebanese Iraqi citizen was gathering intel for Israel
Lebanese news website El Nashra reported Saturday that the country's security services arrested an Iraqi citizen who admitted to have been recruited by a body affiliated with the Israeli Ministry of Defense; According to the website's report, he was asked to provide information about the Lebanese army and establish a spy network.
The Lebanese news website El-Nashra reported Saturday that country's security services arrested an Iraqi citizen on suspicion of contacting Israel and collecting information for it. According to the report, the Iraqi citizen confessed in his interrogation to the charges against him.
The website stated that the suspect claimed he had been recruited by an "officer" in a mechanism called TASA ELITE, which is affiliated with the Israeli Ministry of Defense and deals with operations in Arab countries, including assassinations and fighter training.
In his interrogation, he claimed that he was asked to provide Israel with security information about the Lebanese army, certain people within the country, recruit additional people establish a spy network inside Lebanon.
The Iraqi citizen connected his Israeli contact person to his brother in Iraq, in order to gather information about the activities of the authorities there.
The suspect will be put on trial, and according to additional reports from Lebanon, efforts are being made to stop other members of the espionage network.
