According to Mashregh, the Maariv newspaper revealed that conflicting reports have emerged regarding the circumstances surrounding the disappearance of retired General Ahmad Shakir. Surveillance footage later confirmed that he was abducted.
The report emphasizes that the presence of several non-Lebanese individuals at the scene bolsters the intelligence operation theory. Investigations indicate that a deceptive plan was executed by two Swedish nationals, one of whom has Lebanese ancestry. They entered the country through Rafik Hariri Airport two days prior to the incident, and one of them left Lebanon on the day of Shakir’s disappearance, raising questions about his potential involvement in the operation.As for the second individual of Lebanese descent, it is suggested that he may have participated in the deception and remains within Lebanon. Information from the Lebanese General Security Service indicates that he has not crossed any air, land, or sea borders unless he left the country illegally.
The report outlines several scenarios regarding the fate of this retired officer, oscillating between assassination and abduction. Some speculate a repeat of the assassination scenario involving Ahmad Shakir, a Lebanese money changer linked to Hezbollah, who was killed by Mossad last year. Others propose a more alarming theory, suggesting he has been taken outside Lebanon and into occupied territories.Maariv posits that this is not merely a case of personal disappearance; rather it intersects with a historically sensitive security issue between Lebanon and Israel. Sources close to Shakir’s family informed the Saudi newspaper Asharq Al-Awsat that the missing officer is the brother of Hassan Shakir who along with eight others was killed during the May 22 1988 battle between ‘Islamic Resistance’ fighters and other armed groups against Israeli forces.
Reports indicate that Hassan Shakir was a fighter in a group led by Mustafa Dirani who was then affiliated with the Amal Movement and later joined Hezbollah. He participated in the captivity of Israeli pilot Ron Arad after his aircraft was shot down in southern Lebanon on October 16 1986. The armed group that captured him took him to a relative’s house in Nabi Sheet in the Baalbek region before transferring him to an unknown location after which he disappeared.
