Lebanon arrests three more Israel “spies”
Lebanese authorities have arrested three more people on suspicion of spying for Israel, taking to 10 the number of alleged spies arrested since January, a security official said on Sunday.
The unidentified suspects were arrested in the village of Habboush in central south Lebanon "and initial indication shows that they were spying for Israel," the official said.
Two Lebanese men and a Palestinian were arrested on April 25 also on suspicion of spying for Israel and were linked by the authorities to a retired general security officer arrested for spying earlier that month.
Former brigadier general Adib al-Aalam was arrested along with his wife Hayat Saloumi and nephew Joseph Al-Aalam and charged in April with espionage — a charge that carries the death sentence.
The three are accused of informing Israel about Lebanese and Syrian military and civilian sites "with the aim of facilitating Israeli attacks," a judicial official said last month.
Aalam was arrested at his office near Beirut on April 14 along with his wife. He ran a housekeeping service which he allegedly used as a front to spy for Israel.
A 10th suspect, Marwan Fakih, was arrested in south Lebanon in February.