A bone fragment received from Hezbollah as possible evidence of Ron Arad’s death did not come from the missing Israel Air Force aviator. Ha’aretz reported Monday that the fragment was passed to Israel via German envoys mediating last week’s prisoner exchange deal with the Lebanese terrorist group.
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