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Conflict Incident Report

State Security arrests Lebanese citizen for communicating with Israelis

Date of incident: 
January 19, 2018
Death toll: 
0persons
Number of Injured: 
0persons
Actors/Parties Involved: 
State Security
Lebanese Civilians

The State Security agency managed to apprehend a Lebanese citizen for communicating with Israel, a statement by the State Security indicated on Tuesday.

According to the statement, Israelis residing in the Occupied Land had contacted Lebanese H.M. and subsequently met with him outside Lebanon before venturing into logistic arrangements, which included providing him with a foreign passport allowing him access into Occupied Palestine under the pretense of a sports event; the man had showed support for the normalization of ties between Lebanon and the Israeli.

"On 19/1/2018, the aforementioned Lebanese was arrested before he could travel and enter Occupied Palestine," the statement added.

This security incident was mapped according to the closest possible location.
Primary category: 
Arrest/Detention
Classification of conflict (primary): 
Border conflicts (Israeli border)
Violations, disputes and/or conflicts instigated by Israeli intrusions on Lebanese national territories, airspace, and territorial waters. While there currently is no Israeli military occupation on Lebanese soil, these events are classified as violations of Lebanese sovereignty and are indicative of the continuous tensions between Lebanon and Israel.
Classification of conflict(secondary):
Power & governance conflicts
Violent or non-violent conflicts associated with antagonisms related to internal political tensions between local and/or national groups and parties. These tensions may be encouraged by internal, regional and international parties. Such conflicts are characterized by their defiance and/or opposition to central State power and governance.