The official insignia of the Israeli Mossad.
Early in May a scandal unraveled in Lebanon as authorities arrested Mohammad al-Saleh, a religious singer close to Hezbollah, on the suspicion of spying for Israel.
Al-Saleh is alleged to have worked with Israel’s Mossad intelligence agency. He is reported to be the brother of a Hezbollah fighter killed during the recent confrontation with Israel and the son of one of the group’s commanders.
Lebanese authorities confirmed the arrest but released few details. A military court judge charged al-Saleh with “collaborating with the Israeli enemy and involvement in the killing of Lebanese civilians for money.”
Initially, al-Saleh was questioned over financial fraud allegations. While examining his phone, authorities found suspicious communications with Israeli agents, leading to the espionage charges.
Al-Saleh, an amateur trader, suffered major financial losses in the stock market and fell into debt, according to Arab media reports, including ones from Saudi-owned Al-Hadath and Lebanon’s Janoubia website, which is known for its stance against Hezbollah.
Financial troubles were apparently what pushed him to cooperate with the Mossad. His relationship with Israel is said to have begun in October of 2024, around the time of the Israeli military’s ground operations in southern Lebanon.
First contact with him was reportedly made in Iraq. At the time, he claimed to have been a member of Hezbollah’s Unit 4100, undergoing training and carrying out missions in Lebanon and Syria.
He allegedly provided sensitive information about Hezbollah in exchange for roughly $23,000, paid in several installments.
Al-Saleh used his close ties with the children of senior Hezbollah officials to gather intelligence on their activities. He reportedly gave Israel locations of Hezbollah command centers targeted in the war, contributing to strikes that killed dozens of fighters and commanders.
Furthermore, it was reported that al-Saleh discussed with Mossad the types of motorcycles used by Hezbollah fighters, information that could help carry out assassinations or even large-scale targeted operations like the pager attack from September of 2024.
A message attributed to al-Saleh, revealed in reports, described the types of motorcycles used by Hezbollah members and noted restrictions on their use in mountainous and border areas to access secret locations.
The arrest sparked outrage among Hezbollah supporters, who shared photos of al-Saleh alongside Hezbollah fighters and commanders killed by Israel in the recent fighting. Some even claimed that he was involved in as many as 40 assassinations, without presenting any evidence.
Hezbollah was always viewed as a very solid group on the ideological level. However, the group’s security apparatus have apparently failed to adapt with new trends and challenges, giving the Mossad, and possibly others, a chance to penetrate.
The assassination of nearly all of Hezbollah leadership, including its Secretary-General Hassan Nasrallah, showcased just how deep Israelis were able to penetrate the group’s ranks.
Negligence is also to blame for Hezbollah’s security troubles. This was very evident in the pager attack, where the lack of any background checks and proper technical inspection allowed the importing of boody-trapped devices that caused some 3,500 casualties.
Some observers even believe that Hezbollah’s involvement in the war in Syria, a country with a fractured security structure, also played a key role in exposing many of the group’s secrets.
Hezbollah came out of the last round of fighting with heavy losses and is still struggling to actually end the war, with Israel launching attacks on a near-daily basis. The priority of the group will not likely be the reorganization of its military wing, but rather the rehabilitation of its security apparatus. This will not likely be possible without scaling down in size. Overall, the group will have to reshape to survive.
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they prey on the vulnerable traitors. this guy made financial losses and was willing to work with the devil
once he sings like a bird , give him to the people . sharia law
there goes the rat. how many mire to get in a rat trap? put aside so many spies on behalf of these satanistic sick cowards in beirut? we should start deratisation.
clearly “israel” started the conflict using the pseudo group hamas or elements within it to take down hezbollah and flatten gaza. they either knew in advance about october 7th or directly planned it themselves.
jews planned it…
matem esse espião.
“axis of resistance”
heheheheheeeehhh
this story really doesn’t matter much when russia and iran walked out of syria last year that left in the rear view mirror the sacrifices of their own who died for it over the past decade! by the way… how many j**s live in iran? someone told me they are in the millions in that country and that they are protected by the iranian government???… vile weeds that choke both sides to their end.
the person who told you that either he hates iran or an idiot. the number of jews in iran was about 8300 in 2019. yes they are protected in iran as is all other religions and population. they are iranians after all. as for leaving syria behind, it was assad that kept pushing iranian influence from syria to please the gulf states and russia. he thought he could get better protection from russia and get back with the arabic gulf states if he kept the iranian influence to the lowest.
jews in iran could be up to 100,000 . how many are spies ? some for sure .
“some observers even believe that hezbollah’s involvement in the war in syria, a country with a >fractured< security structure, also played a key role in exposing many of the group’s secrets."
syria jioned in operation desert storm, many mukhabarat went on to work for the gulf states thereafter creating jealousie in the enpoverished syria, while they became mindcontroled puppets.
clearly iran itself has many deep rooted security problems with all the killed scientists and leaders.
all countries in middle east north africa have very weak defences against western technology spying infiltration corruption it is a porcelan shop in a stone quary.
there’s reputedly around eighteen million + chosen ones’ world-wide. i don’t think iran has numbers in the millions.
this is what the jews always do, bribe, blackmail, set up epstein style paedo rings. hopefully this traitor will be made an example of and get what he deserves shortly. but the main reason for the penetration of hezb. is the 5,000 strong “embassy”/ spy centre the jewsa is allowed to run in beirut and the bought and paid for lebanese “government.”
it’s not end yet, all eyes on iran…..
so many sleaze balls who take easy money from monsters who commit mass murder of children and cry we are being poysecuted. disgusting human beings.
you will always get quisling scum who will do literally anything for money. this is as old as the hills. rahab the prostitute. alcibiades did it twice and betrayed everybody. benedict arnold. the other side of the coin is hat hezbollah and iran have been quite successful at getting a lot of israeli jews to work for them.
only sentence is hanging.
presumably only the non-christian lebanese militias will be forced to disarm. nasrallah made serious strategic mistakes; hezbollah could have recovered from the pager attacks had it occurred early in the war had it been inflicting sufficient attacks on strategic targets like airbases, power stations and telecommunications nodes to force israel to compromise, or at least be too stretched to take advantage.
now i know how much a first row ticket in hell costs. or a grown up ass soul…
nobody wants a war with iran, not the jewsa or the eu – except the jews. of course they don’t want to fight it themselves – they want the stupid goyim to do it for them. and of course they rule the roost in the jewsa, so all the bought and blackmailed goy whores will do as they are told. they always do. these people are responsible for most of the wars that have been fought for the past 30 years and more. there will never be peace in the world till their malignant influence is eradicated.
❌retrieve and pay millions to spy upon completion of mission
✅dispose to the toilet paper agent after use of it and collect enough data already
it all over globe, final stage of capitalism? idk
but business is meant to be profitable, its everywhere⬅➡⬆⬇↗↘↙↖
al- saleh was detained by ‘lebanese authorities’ (which is defacto us) ? ?
hezbollah’s got wind of it and he’s been detained for his own safety, which means he’ll be dead soon.