16/02/2009 The Lebanese army, in cooperation with Hezbollah, has arrested an informant working for the Israeli intelligence in the southern town of Nabatiyeh, Lebanese daily Al-Akhbar reported on Monday. The daily said the spy identified only as Marwan F. was arrested ten days ago following months of surveillance.
According to Al-Akhbar, Marwan confessed to being recruited 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 the daily. It was still not clear whether Marwan had any part in Israeli-planned explosions or whether he had any accomplices, the sources said.
Meanwhile, senior security officials also refuted rumors that a number of Marwan accomplices were arrested. The daily said that some Nabatiyeh residents named a number of people who had left the country at the time of Marwan's arrest.
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. It was not clear whether the Israelis had also provided Marwan with high-tech cameras or telephones, the paper quoted the sources as saying.
Marwan traveled to Paris frequently to receive instructions and money from the Israelis, the daily reported. He also traveled four times to the Occupied Palestinian Territories, "where he received training on ways to communicate" with the Israelis.
According to Al-Akhbar, Marwan received a small amount of money for his services compared to what the Israelis paid to three other spies – Mahmoud Rafie and brothers Ali and Youssef al-Jarrah – who were arrested in 2006 and 2008 respectively.
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