Hezbollah rejects Saudi TV’s report on Israel’s abduction of Lebanese citizen

Amid reports of an Israeli raid in northern Lebanon, resulting in the abduction of a citizen, Hezbollah refuted claims made by the Saudi news channel al-Hadath, emphasizing that it has no official sources or close affiliates providing information to the network or its affiliates.

Al-Hadath, citing sources close to Hezbollah and speaking on condition of anonymity, claimed that the Lebanese person abducted by Israeli naval commandos in the northern Lebanese town of Batroun is Hezbollah official Imad Amhaz.

In a statement released on Saturday, Hezbollah rejected the claims and said that al-Hadath is spreading Zionist propaganda against the resistance movement and the Lebanese people.

“Our policy is crystal clear, as we have outlined in previous statements: Hezbollah has no official sources or close affiliates that provide information to al-Hadath or its affiliates, which are actively and overtly involved in the Zionist propaganda machinery against our resistance and the Lebanese people,” read the statement.

The raid has prompted anger from Lebanese authorities, with the office for caretaker Prime Minister Najib Mikati saying he had instructed the Foreign Ministry to submit an urgent complaint to the UN Security Council.

It added the Lebanese army and UN peacekeeping force UNIFIL were both investigating the incident.

The Lebanese government said Amhaz, a civilian naval officer, was kidnapped 100 meters from his place of residence.