Once Liberal-funded antisemite Laith Marouf arrested in Lebanon
In the meantime, Marouf went on to establish his own pro-Hezbollah 'Free Palestine Television' in Beirut. He has insisted that his FPTV is 'unaffiliated with any political party or groups,' but FPTV relies heavily on interviews with fellow 'anti-Zionists,' sympathetic coverage of Hezbollah's tribulations, and combat videos featuring Hamas, the Mujahideen Brigades and the Al-Qassam Brigades.
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Last year's massive Israeli military operations in Lebanon, involving a punishing invasion of Hezbollah-controlled territory and the complete decapitation of the Khomeinist proxy's leadership, led to a tentative ceasefire last November. Hezbollah's persistent rocket attacks were brought to an end, but hundreds of civilians were killed in the conflict, entire communities on both sides of the border remain displaced, and Israeli forces continue to make occasional incursions into Lebanon to prevent Hezbollah from reestablishing itself in the border areas.
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Mais al-Jabal, the border town where Marouf was picked up on Sunday, had been a Hezbollah stronghold for years. Last October the IDF destroyed lookout posts and dozens of weapons caches and tunnels in the town, some mere metres from the Israeli border. Only last Friday, the IDF sent several armoured vehicles into Mais al-Jabal and blew up two bulldozers.
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When Marouf arrived in Mais al-Jabal he was detained at a checkpoint and informed that he didn't have any authorization to be in the area, according to a statement from FPTV. He was then taken to a detention centre at nearby Tebnine, where his driver Hadi Hoteit, an FPTV producer and correspondent for Tehran's Press TV, was released. Marouf was to be taken to the South Command of Military Intelligence in Saida to complete the 'formalities' to obtain a permit, but instead, Marouf was removed to the Defence Ministry headquarters in Yarzeh, in the Beirut suburbs, according to FPTV.
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Mais al-Jabal is only about 20 kilometres from Kiryat Shmona, Israel's northernmost city. Roughly 22,000 people lived there before Hezbollah joined Hamas in its war on Israel in October, 2023. Roughly half the buildings in the city were destroyed by Hezbollah rockets.
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