Hezbollah: Israel spies deserve death

Hezbollah Secretary General Seyyed Hassan Nasrallah says the main purpose of Israeli spy networks in Lebanon is to create discord among the Lebanese.

Calling Israel a “Zionist entity deeply dependant on creating rifts and instabilities,” the Hezbollah leader said on Friday that Israeli spies had “inflicted major damages on Lebanon and therefore deserve capital punishment.”

Nasrallah criticized Lebanon’s judiciary system for taking the issue lightly and urged authorities to show more seriousness. He said that the death penalty should be carried out in the case of these spies without any hesitation.

The popular Shia leader made the remarks after Lebanese security forces arrested a third employee of state-owned mobile telecom firm Alfa on suspicion of espionage for Israel.

Nasrallah said that the resistance movement has been the target of Israeli spy networks for many years, adding that Israeli spies had tried to create a rift between the Hezbollah and Amal movements, which holds 13 parliamentary seats.

Lebanon launched a crackdown on Israeli spy cells across the country in April 2009 and has arrested dozens of people on suspicions of cooperating with Israel’s notorious intelligence service, Mossad.