Mahmoud Abou Rafeh

Mahmoud Abou Rafeh

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. ^ ^{a b c} Blanford, Nicholas (2006-06-15). "Lebanon exposes deadly Israeli spy ring". The Times UK. http://www.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,251-2227831,00.html. Retrieved 14 August 2006. 
2. ^ "Lebanon arrests key suspect in Islamic Jihad assassination". Ya Libnan. 2006-06-11. http://yalibnan.com/site/archives/2006/06/lebanon_arrests.php. Retrieved 18 October 2006. 
3. ^ "Murr: Israeli aircraft detonated the car bomb in Sidon". Ya Libnan. 2006-06-16. http://yalibnan.com/site/archives/2006/06/murr_israeli_ai.php. Retrieved 18 October 2006.