"And I have found both freedom and safety in my madness, the freedom of loneliness and the safety from being understood, for those who understand us enslave something in us. But let me not be too proud of my safety. Even a Thief in a jail is safe from another thief. "

Khalil Gibran (How I Became a Madman)

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Sunday, October 13, 2024

Israeli army says captured Hezbollah fighter in south Lebanon tunnel - Naharnet

The Israeli military said on Sunday its troops in Lebanon had captured a Hezbollah militant, the first such announcement since it launched a cross-border ground offensive.

"During limited, localized and targeted raids based on precise intelligence... soldiers discovered an underground tunnel shaft," the army said in a statement.

"The troops encircled the building, scanned the tunnel shaft, and discovered an underground compound... where a Hezbollah terrorist was embedded alongside weapons and equipment."

The military did not specify when he was captured, while Hezbollah did not offer an immediate comment.

The army said that the fighter surrendered to its soldiers, who "interrogated him on-site and then transferred him to a detention facility for further questioning within Israel."

In a video clip released with the statement, a group of Israeli soldiers can be seen speaking in Arabic with the Hezbollah fighter as he slowly emerges from the tunnel.

"Come out before your life is over," the Israeli soldiers are heard calling to the Hezbollah fighter.

The fighter then asks the soldiers if they want a cigarette, to which one of the soldiers replies: "Cigarettes, coffee and $5,000."

https://www.naharnet.com/stories/en/308606