Lebanon – Hezbollah Says Catches Mossad Spy Working As Key Official In Its Ranks

Lebanon – The Lebanese terrorist group Hezbollah has exposed that a key official in its external operations branch was spying for Israel’s intelligence agency – Mossad, and had thwarted attacks against Israel, a Lebanese media outlet reported on Tuesday.

According to sources quoted by the Lebanese website El Nashra, the spy for the Mossad was arrested weeks ago and is part of unit 910, which carries out operations against specific Israeli targets.

The spy identified in the report as M.Sh. worked under the cover as a businessman and travelled a lot. The Mossad allegedly recruited M.Sh. in a western Asian country.

M.Sh. worked with the Mossad for a number of years and foiled many Hezbollah operations that were meant to avenge the assassination of commander Imad Mughniyeh in Damascus in 2008. The Shi’ite group accuses the Mossad of carrying out the attack.

The spy also exposed information of elements operating abroad, leading to the arrest of Hezbollah agent Muhammad Amadar in Lima, Peru in October.

Peruvian police said in November they would press charges after finding him with traces of explosives and getting his confession to being a member of the Shi’ite group.

The man had initially presented falsified documents that identified him as from Sierra Leone, said Peru’s police director Jorge Flores.

There are suspicions that the Israeli spy also may have revealed information that aided Israel in allegedly assassinating Hassan al-Laqqis last year, said the report.

While a previously unknown group, Ahrar al-Sunna Baalbek Brigade, claimed responsibility for the attack and Israel denied any involvement, there was evidence for Hezbollah to point the finger at Israel.

For one thing, the professional way the hit was carried out is similar to methods used by Israel in the past.

Sunni Islamists tend to make their attacks messier and use bombs that tend to kill innocent bystanders.

The sources were quoted by El Nashra as saying that the arrest of M.Sh. damaged Israel’s intelligence operations against the organization.

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