On 13 June 1996, Ali Diya, a correspondent for the French news agency Agence France Presse, the Lebanese daily “As-Safir” and the Lebanese television channel Future TV, was arrested by the Israeli army in the area of south Lebanon currently under Israeli occupation. Am army spokesman said that he was suspected of collaborating with Hezbollah. […]
On 13 June 1996, Ali Diya, a correspondent for the French news
agency Agence France Presse, the Lebanese daily “As-Safir” and
the Lebanese television channel Future TV, was arrested by the
Israeli army in the area of south Lebanon currently under Israeli
occupation. Am army spokesman said that he was suspected of
collaborating with Hezbollah. He was summoned by the Israeli
security services and has not been seen since. A source quoted by
AFP said that he had been “taken in for questioning somewhere in
Israel.”
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