Several years have passed since Israel lost its pilot Ron Arad, whose plane was shot down over Lebanese territory in 1986. However, Tel Aviv has not ceased its efforts to obtain information regarding his fate, as his case continues to hold public interest in Israel. In this context, sources revealed to Al-Arabiya/Al-Hadath today, Tuesday, that the Israeli Mossad carried out two security operations last month, one in Lebanon, specifically in the village of Nabi Sheet in the Beqaa Valley, and another in Syria.
The sources clarified that DNA was taken from a body buried in that Lebanese village to examine the possibility that it might belong to Arad's remains. The second operation, carried out in Syria, involved the abduction of a retired Iranian officer to interrogate him about the pilot's case, before releasing him later. Additionally, the aforementioned sources indicated that it is possible Iran may have attempted to respond to this development in Cyprus.
New Information!
This comes after Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett announced yesterday, Monday, that the Mossad executed an operation to obtain new information regarding Ron Arad, whose plane was shot down in Lebanon in 1986 and whose trace was completely lost in May 1988. He explained in a speech during the opening of the winter session of the parliament regarding the government's policy that intelligence agents "carried out a large-scale and bold operation" in an effort to determine the fate of the long-missing pilot. It is worth noting that Arad was taken from the aircraft that was shot down over Lebanon during a mission in 1986. Initially, he was captured by fighters from the Lebanese Amal Movement, but information about him later ceased, with widespread speculation that he may no longer be alive. The fate of this pilot has long drawn significant public attention in Israel, with its leaders over the years pledging to uncover what happened to him, with no results.
