An Israeli special force of more than 25 soldiers (sailors and divers) carried out a landing operation on the Batroun coast in northern Lebanon and kidnapped a Lebanese person yesterday morning, an incident Lebanese security services are investigating.
The special force, fully equipped in battle gear, abducted a Lebanese citizen who was alone at a chalet near the beach.
The force then fled on speedboats into the open sea.
Initial findings indicate that the operation was carried out by Israeli special force units Shayetet 13 or Sayeret Matkal.
According to military officials, this operation was carried out in some coordination with the German Navy operating within the UNIFIL forces, to ensure that the Lebanese Navy (active in the region to combat smuggling to Europe) would not be able to intervene during the operation.
(The Cradle)
