"Alleged Israeli spy said to have helped thwart Hezbollah" by Hugh Naylor, Washington Post December 20, 2014
BEIRUT — An agent of Israel’s Mossad spy agency infiltrated the upper echelons of Hezbollah’s security apparatus and leaked information about the Lebanese-Shi’ite group for several years before being discovered and arrested recently, according to security officials and people in Lebanon who are familiar with the incident.
The espionage activities of the alleged agent, identified as Mohammed Shawraba, would represent one of the most significant security breaches of the highly secretive organization, which is a mortal enemy of Israel and classified as a terrorist organization by the United States.
The episode, which could not be independently verified, has been widely reported in the Lebanese and Arabic media as having helped Israel thwart numerous Hezbollah operations.
Hezbollah refuses to deny or confirm the reports that say Shawraba had fed the Mossad with intelligence on the Lebanese group’s foreign-operations unit, which he headed since 2008.
‘‘Hezbollah uncovered and arrested Mohammed Shawraba, and they consider his arrest a significant achievement despite the blows that his activities dealt to their operations,’’ one official familiar with the episode said by telephone, speaking on the condition of anonymity because of a lack of authorization to discuss the issue.
Shawraba was apprehended with assistance from Iranian intelligence, said the official, who added that Hezbollah had become increasingly suspicious of a mole within its highest ranks. Iran, also an enemy of Israel, is Hezbollah’s foremost ally.
Hezbollah and Israel fought a devastating 34-day war in 2006, and the nemeses also have spent years countering each other through acts of espionage.
Take a look at the war crimes.
That has involved activities such as Israel planting listening devices on Hezbollah telecommunication networks, including one that exploded and killed a member of the group in September who was attempting to dismantle it, the group said.
Israel is also believed to have been involved in the assassination of Imad Mughniyeh, a senior Hezbollah operative who was killed by a car bomb in Damascus in 2008.
But those are good assassinations, and my pre$$ never makes much of those.
The Bulgarian government accused Hezbollah of bombing a bus two years ago in the resort city of Burgas that was carrying Israeli tourists. Hezbollah denies involvement in the attack, which killed six people.
Another false flag exodus.
Citing an unnamed security source, the Lebanese English-language Daily Star reported that Shawraba was being tried in a Hezbollah court.
He was arrested along with four other people who worked for him in the group’s foreign-operations unit, which works against Israeli interests in foreign countries, the newspaper reported. It said Hezbollah had become suspicious of Shawraba after five attempted retaliations against Israel over the Mughniyeh killing had failed.
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That's the death penalty, right?
