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Conflict Incident Report

Eleven Lebanese were captured in Lebanon, transferred to and tried in Israel

Associated Timeline/Case: 
Old Wars, New Wars | January, 1983 to December, 1988
Date of incident: 
January 1, 1986 to January 1, 1987
Death toll: 
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Number of Injured: 
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1986–1987: Eleven Lebanese were captured in Lebanon, transferred to and tried in Israel. Most of them were tortured. By 1997, they were still detained in Israeli prisons after their sentences had expired. They were arrested in the towns of Tibnine, Mays al-Jabal, ‘Ayta al-Sha’b, and Majdal Salm, all in Israeli-occupied South Lebanon.

Primary category: 
Hostage Taking Situation [inc. attempt, release]
Secondary Category: 
Cruel Treatment and Torture