The Lebanese army, in cooperation with Hizbullah, has detained an informant working for the Israeli intelligence in the southern town of Nabatiyeh, Al-Akhbar newspaper reported on Monday.
According to the daily, the spy identified only as Marwan F. was arrested ten days ago following months of surveillance by the army. The paper said Marwan confessed to being employed by the Israeli intelligence services in the mid 1990s when he was living in France. He was assigned to "gather information on the resistance, including the movement of its members, their headquarters and military bases. He also gathered information on the Lebanese army," well-informed sources told Al-Akhbar.
Marwan, who is in his 40s, told interrogators he used to communicate with the Israelis via the internet using advanced software to prevent detection by the Lebanese security services.
Marwan traveled to Paris frequently to receive instructions and money from the Israelis, according to the report in the Lebanese newspaper. He also traveled four times to the "Occupied Palestinian Territories, where he received training on ways to communicate" with the Israelis.
Marwan owns a petrol station in the town of Nabatiyeh and had repeatedly tried to approach Hizbullah members and leaders. During the July 2006 war, he handed over the keys of the station over to Hizbullah, permitting the group to use it as needed. He also said that the 2006 war led him "to cut his links with the Israelis," the paper reported.
