Mahmoud Abou Rafeh Explained

Mahmoud Abou Rafeh is a Lebanese police officer accused of running a spy ring on behalf of Israel.

Arrest

On 10 June 2006 the Lebanese army arrested members of an alleged Israeli spy ring, including Mahmoud Rafeh, his wife, and two children.[1] Police discovered bomb-making materials, code machines and other espionage equipment in his home.[1] Rafeh reportedly confessed to the Majzoub killings and to working for Mossad,[2] and admitted that his cell had assassinated two Hezbollah leaders in 1999 and 2003 and the son of Ahmed Jibril, leader of the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine-General Command, in 2002.[3] Prominent Lebanese politician and lead Cedar-Revolutionist Walid Jumblatt, a then-outspoken critic of Hezbollah, suspected that the exposure of the spy ring was a Hezbollah fabrication.[1]

References

  1. Web site: Blanford. Nicholas. Lebanon exposes deadly Israeli spy ring. The Times UK. 2006-06-15. 14 August 2006.
  2. Web site: Lebanon arrests key suspect in Islamic Jihad assassination . 2006-06-11 . Ya Libnan . 18 October 2006 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20061111134056/http://yalibnan.com/site/archives/2006/06/lebanon_arrests.php . 11 November 2006 .
  3. Web site: Murr: Israeli aircraft detonated the car bomb in Sidon . Ya Libnan . 2006-06-16 . 18 October 2006 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20061111131153/http://yalibnan.com/site/archives/2006/06/murr_israeli_ai.php . 11 November 2006 .