Ex-Hamas official kidnapped in Syria
Terror organization’s former liaison to Iran and Syria abducted while driving in Damascus
Add ToI as a Preferred Source on GoogleAaron Kalman is a former writer and breaking news editor for the Times of Israel
A former Hamas official was kidnapped while driving his car in Damascus on Saturday, the London-based newspaper Al-Hayat reported Monday.
According to Palestinian sources quoted in Al-Hayat, Hamas leaders have asked Syrian authorities for help in finding the former official, 64-year-old Mustafa Lidawi.
Lidawi was expelled from Israel to the Gaza Strip in 1991, and in later years acted as Hamas’s liaison to Lebanon, Iran and Syria. A few years ago he left politics and started a career as a journalist, mainly for Arabic-language news stations in Iran.
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