A civilian in his thirties was kidnapped on Friday November 1 in Batroun, north of Beirut, by around fifteen men who took him on a speedboat. An investigation is underway. Suspected of being involved, the Israeli army says it is “verifying” this information.
It is still unknown who the thirty-year-old Lebanese man taken by force aboard a speedboat Friday morning in the coastal town of Batroun is, nor who his captors are. An investigation is underway to determine their identity and the circumstances of the kidnapping, but the facts were confirmed to AFP by a Lebanese military source, indicates Le Parisien. As Lebanon is caught in the crossfire in the war between Israel and Hezbollah, many commentators suspect IDF involvement. The al-Jazeera channel even mentioned on the air, “a maritime incursion by Israeli commandos“. The IDF says, at this point, “check” this information.
Images have been released, but they have not yet been authenticated
The Lebanese national news agency Ani, which reported the facts on Friday, speaks of a mysterious “commando naval“without making any further assumptions. Relaying the testimonies of residents, the agency speaks of a “landing from the sea on the coast of Batroun“and a”military force” Who “went with all her armament to a bungalow near the beach, kidnapping a Lebanese man before sailing away into the open sea aboard a speedboat“.
An investigation has been opened, according to a judicial source who, on condition of anonymity, affirms that the operation is “90%” the work of an “Israeli commando“.
Surveillance camera images of this kidnapping were broadcast by the French-speaking Lebanese site L'Orient-Le Jour, but they have not yet been able to be authenticated.
Since September 23, Israel has been bombing Hezbollah strongholds in the south and east of Lebanon and in the southern suburbs of Beirut. Nearly 2,000 people were killed there, according to a count based on data from the Lebanese Ministry of Health.
published on November 2 at 6:27 p.m., Sabrina Guintini, 6Médias
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