Lebanon news agency: Website hacked by Israel to post Ron Arad message
Message reads: Earn reward of $10 million in exchange for information about Ron Arad.
By DPA Tags: Ron Arad Lebanon Israel news IDFLebanon's state-run news agency on Tuesday accused an Israeli organization of having hacked into its website to post a message calling for information about a missing Israeli air force pilot.
National News Agency (NNA) director Laure Suleiman said the agency's Arabic, English and French websites "were hacked several times by the Israeli Born to Freedom Foundation."
The hackers left a message that read: "Earn a reward of 10 million dollars in exchange for information about Israeli airman Ron Arad and other missing Israelis" was posted on the websites on Monday afternoon.
"Due to the hacking, the agency was forced to stop transmitting on Monday, but resumed operations on Tuesday," Suleiman said.
Such messages appeared on several occasions on mobile telephones in Lebanon during the July 2006 war between Israel and Lebanon's militant Hezbollah group.
Arad, an Israeli air force navigator, went missing in Lebanon when his plane was downed over southern Lebanon in 1986.
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He will not meet the same fate as Arad. The Iranians will pay any price to have him.
when Israel releases the 4 Iranian diplomats taken prisoner in Southern Lebanon by either Israelis or their proxies in 1982. I suggests if Israel is serious about returning Ron Arad to his family they allow the Iranian diplomats to return to their families. Until that happens Ron Arad will remain in tehran in the Evin Prison. Can I have my $10million please used bills thanks.
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