A Lebanese legal source told Saudi channel "Al-Arabiya" that security forces in Beirut suspect the Mossad kidnapped a retired military official named Ahmad Shukar in the Bekaa region. According to the source, Lebanon believes the kidnapping is connected to the disappearance of Israeli navigator Ron Arad. It was also reported that Shukar was lured from the Nabi Sheet area to the Zahle area, where he was kidnapped, and that Beirut suspects a "group" entered the city's airport two days before the kidnapping. The Saudi newspaper "Asharq Al-Awsat" also reported that "investigations indicate that Israel kidnapped a Lebanese officer linked to the Ron Arad case."