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Footage shows hole at Lebanon cemetery amid reported IDF op attempting to recover Ron Arad’s body

By Emanuel Fabian 7 March 2026, 11:45 am
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Emanuel (Mannie) Fabian is The Times of Israel's military correspondent

A handout photo from Israeli television made available on July 13, 2008, shows a photograph of Ron Arad, an Israeli Air Force navigator who was captured after his fighter jet was shot down in Lebanon in 1986. (HO / AFP)
A handout photo from Israeli television made available on July 13, 2008, shows a photograph of Ron Arad, an Israeli Air Force navigator who was captured after his fighter jet was shot down in Lebanon in 1986. (HO / AFP)

Footage published by Lebanese media claims to show a hole dug by Israeli forces at a cemetery in the town of Nabi Chit, during an overnight raid in the area.

The Saudi al-Hadath channel claimed that the overnight Israeli operation in eastern Lebanon was an attempt to recover the body of missing Israeli Air Force navigator Ron Arad, who disappeared when he ejected from his plane over Lebanon in 1986.

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