A judicial official told Agence France-Presse on Tuesday that the Lebanese authorities arrested a man close to Hezbollah on suspicion of spying for Israel and providing intelligence information that led to the martyrdom of a number of party leaders.

The official, who is following the investigation and requested anonymity, said, “A high-ranking Israeli agent was arrested last week in Beirut.”

He claimed that the suspect was “involved in providing Israel with accurate information that led to the assassination of Hezbollah officials, including 4 senior security leaders.”

He added that the man was very close to Hezbollah leaders, and had extensive information because of his relationship with them.

According to the official, the suspect was arrested last week at Beirut airport, while preparing to board a plane bound for Iraq.

The man hails from southern Lebanon, and had made several trips to Iraq, his wife’s homeland, before moving from there to Turkey to meet with officers and agents linked to the Israeli Mossad, and to provide them with information about targets he was collecting data about in Beirut, according to the same source.

The judicial source did not reveal the identity of the officials who were believed to have been targeted by the leaked information, nor did it specify the timing of the assassinations, indicating that investigations are still ongoing.

Dozens of senior Hezbollah leaders were martyred in Israeli raids since October 8, 2023, and later as the war expanded in March 2026.

Among them is the former Secretary-General of Hezbollah, Hassan Nasrallah, who was assassinated by Israel in a massive raid targeting the southern suburbs of Beirut in September 2024.

The Times of Israel reported that Lebanon and Israel have been officially at war for decades, and that the Lebanese security services arrested dozens of people on suspicion of working for Israel, after a large number of them were recruited via the Internet following the economic collapse that began in the country in 2019.

In October, a judicial source told Agence France-Presse that more than 30 people had been arrested on suspicion of providing Israel with accurate information about Hezbollah facilities and the movements of its members during the previous war with Israel in 2023 and 2024.

Prison sentences of up to 25 years have previously been issued against people convicted of working for Israel.