Israel has faxed a message to Lebanese citizens asking them to send information about Israeli soldiers in exchange for a large reward. Citizens in northern and southern parts of Lebanon received a fax from an unknown source which offered a USD 10 million reward for information on Israeli soldiers who went missing during earlier aerial attacks on Lebanon, Press TV's Beirut Bureau reported. Post offices in Nabatiyeh, Bint Jabil, Hasbaya, and Marjayoun received copies of the message on Wednesday.
"If you have any reliable information about the fate of missing Israeli soldiers, we guarantee you a cash reward of 10 million dollars," read the text in Arabic. "Your information will remain confidential and we will guarantee your safety," it added, urging readers to dial two numbers, which started with a British area code.
This is not the first time that the Israeli regime has sent illegal messages to Lebanese citizens.
In July, Israel violated UN Security Council Resolution 1701 by penetrating the country's telecommunication network and threatening people with a recorded voice message about the possibility of another war. Following the incident in July, UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon and commander of the United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL) Major General Claudio Graziano received an official complaint about the Israeli act of sabotage.
UN Resolution 1701 ended the 33-day war that Israel waged on Lebanon in the summer of 2006.