Hizbullah Secretary General Hassan Nasrallah
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Lebanon arrests 2 more in Israeli spy inquiry
Lebanese army colonel, retired customs officer detained on suspicion of spying in latest espionage arrests
A Lebanese army colonel and a senior retired customs officer have been detained on suspicion of spying for Israel, security sources said on Sunday.
The army officer was the second colonel arrested in less than a week in an espionage investigation that has produced charges against at least 21 suspects and several confessions, the authorities say. Israel
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Hizbullah, the Iranian- and Syrian-backed military and political group, has called for the death penalty for all suspects convicted of spying for Israel.
Investigators have displayed what they say is spy gadgetry seized in the course of the investigation. At least two spies fled to Israel last week, Lebanese authorities have said, demanding their repatriation.
Senior Lebanese security officials say the arrests have dealt a major blow to Israel's spying networks in Lebanon.
They say many of the suspects played key roles in identifying Hizbullah targets that were bombed during the Second Lebanon War.
Other suspects have been charged with monitoring senior Hizbullah officials and at least one is alleged to have played a role in the 2004 assassination of a commander of the group.
