Why are Lebanon’s military judges releasing dozens of Israeli spies?
Hundreds of Lebanese detainees have been released, despite the serious charges of espionage on behalf of Israel. In the past few months, Lebanese security services have arrested more than 100 people implicated in alleged Israeli spy networks. Among these were young women tasked with photographing locations in the predominantly Shia southern suburbs of Beirut, the main stronghold of Hezbollah, and the primarily Sunni neighborhood of Tariq Al-Jadida in the western part of the city. ● For months now, Lebanon has been subjected to an unprecedented covert Israeli assault, during which Israel’s spy agency Mossad has recruited hundreds of Lebanese citizens to do its dirty work. This uptick in espionage activity in the country is no coincidence. Under the guise of private companies looking for employees, the Israeli Mossad is taking advantage of the difficult economic crisis that Lebanon is going through to recruit agents and assign them intelligence gathering missions.