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After Decades of Blood and Mistrust, Doubts Over Who’s to Blame for an Israeli Hostage
The New York Times • • general
Key Points:
- In September 2021, Israeli intelligence agents kidnapped General Abdullah Saberi, an Iranian commander, from a diplomatic quarter in Damascus, Syria, by disguising themselves as movers and drugging him.
- General Saberi was taken to Israel for interrogation, with Israeli officials focusing primarily on extracting information about Ron Arad, an Israeli airman missing in action for decades.
- Ron Arad’s disappearance has become a significant and symbolic issue in Israel, representing the nation’s commitment to recovering its missing soldiers, which motivated the high-risk operation against General Saberi.
- The kidnapping took place near the Iranian embassy in Syria, highlighting the lengths to which Israel was willing to go, even four decades after Arad’s disappearance, to uncover information about his fate.
