An Israeli businessman held by Hezbollah for three years was cleared of suspected security crimes. Israel’s Justice Ministry said Monday that Elhanan Tannenbaum, who was abducted by the Lebanese terrorist group while on a business trip abroad in 2000 and was repatriated in January, had convinced his interrogators that he committed no security offenses.
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