Re: Conflicto árabe/musulmán - israelí
Publicado: 20 Mar 2011 20:09
Más dispositivos de espionaje israelis camuflados como piedras en Libano. Aparece información sobre incidente en el que están involucrados nuestras fuerzas en la zona.
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Friday, March 18, 2011
Israeli spying equipment discovered in south
By Patrick Galey
Daily Star staff
BEIRUT: The Lebanese Army dismantled an Israeli electronic spy device Thursday after receiving a tip-off from members of Hezbollah, according to reports from south Lebanon.
The device, described by Army Intelligence as “high-tech,” was found close to the village of Shamaa, where the United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon operates a large military base.
“A specialized unit affiliated to the Lebanese Army dismantled today a camouflaged photography and spying system planted by Israel in Shamaa near Tyre,” a communique by the army’s guidance directorate said.
The statement added that members of the resistance had informed the army of the device’s whereabouts.
“This five-part system was found based on information provided by the Resistance and given to the Lebanese Army’s Intelligence Department,” the statement said. “Technical units rushed to the scene to check, dismantle, and transfer this high-tech spying system covering the southern coast from Bayyada to Tyre.”
A security source told The Daily Star that the operation to remove the device, which was camouflaged as a rock and capable of taking and transmitting photographic data to Israeli reconnaissance drones, took most of Thursday.
The army said the device was made up of five parts, including a remote control imaging system, a long-term energy source and cooling apparatus.
The army warned members of the public to remain vigilant and on the lookout for suspicious objects. It added that any suspect device should not be approached because of the risk of booby-trapping.
An Israeli reconnaissance aircraft was seen in the skies above Alma Shaab village Thursday, a separate army statement said. “The spying jet effectuated a u-shaped flight off the south and Bekaa and left at 1:20 p.m. from above Kfar Kila,” it added.
Israel detonated two espionage devices in December 2010 after their discovery by Hezbollah, who alleged that the equipment was designed to infiltrate Lebanon’s telecommunications network. The detonation, believed to have been conducted remotely after the device’s unearthing, slightly injured two passers-by.
Also in December last year, the Lebanese Army dismantled what it claimed were two Israeli spy devices located in Sannin and Barouk mountains. Lebanon routinely complains to the U.N. about Israel’s espionage activities, although Israel has continued its near-daily reconnaissance overflights in Lebanese airspace, violating international law.
UNIFIL, which operates a large base close to Shamaa inhabited by members of the force’s Italian contingent, said it was gathering information about Thursday’s incident. Members of the force’s Spanish contingent were pelted with stones Wednesday in an attack the Lebanese Army claims was carried out by Israeli soldiers.