8 Lebanese charged with obtaining Israeli citizenship

Military Tribunal Judge Imad al-Zein issued on Tuesday eight arrest warrants against Lebanese people charged with collaborating with Israel, the National News Agency reported. According to the news agency, seven women and a man were charged in absentia with collaborating with Israel, entering its territories and obtaining the citizenship. The suspects face 15 years of hard labor in prison . The eight people hail from the border towns of Rmeish, Deir Mimas and Ain Ebel. Lebanese authorities have arrested more than 100 people on suspicion of collaborating with the Israeli spy agency Mossad since April 2009, including high-ranking security and telecommunications officials.