A Lebanese legal source told Al-Arabiya that security services suspect Israel’s Mossad is behind the abduction of retired Lebanese captain Ahmad Shukr from Lebanese territory.
According to the source, Shukr was lured from the town of Nabi Chit to the Zahle mountain area, where he was abducted under unclear circumstances. Lebanese authorities reportedly believe that a group involved in the operation entered Beirut’s international airport two days before the disappearance, raising suspicions of a coordinated intelligence mission.
Investigators say emerging evidence links the abduction to the long-running case of missing Israeli air force navigator Ron Arad, who disappeared after his plane was downed over southern Lebanon in 1986.
Shukr is reportedly related to Fuad Shukr, a senior Hezbollah figure and deputy commander who was killed in an Israeli airstrike on July 30, 2024, in Beirut’s southern suburb of Dahiyeh. Lebanese sources say the case highlights a long pattern of Israeli operations — including assassinations, kidnappings, and recruitment attempts — targeting individuals directly or indirectly connected to the Ron Arad affair.