LEBANON: ANOTHER ISRAELI SPY SENTENCED TO DEATH

July 13, 2010: A Lebanese military court sentenced a man to death for spying for Israel’s Mossad intelligence agency and aiding Israel in a deadly 2006 war against Lebanon, a judicial source said.
“The head of the military court General Nizar Khalil sentenced Ali Hassan Mentesh to death for arms dealing, entering and collaborating with Israel, providing it with information about certain targets,” the source said.
Israel “used this information to hit its targets” in 2006 war with Shiite militant group Hizbullah, which killed more than 1,200 Lebanese, mainly civilians, and 160 Israelis, mainly soldiers.
Lebanon and Israel remain technically in a state of war, and convicted spies face life in prison with hard labor or the death penalty if found guilty of contributing to Lebanese loss of life.
Mentesh, 53, hails from the southern area of Nabatieh and was arrested in April last year  when Lebanon launched what is an ongoing crackdown on suspected Israeli espionage rings. (Sources: The Daily Star, 14/07/2010)