An Arab saboteur from Lebanon, 41-year-old Hasan Sajayero, was sentenced to 18 years’ imprisonment by a military tribunal in Lydda today. He was convicted of entering Israel with the intention of recruiting saboteurs for the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine. The defendant told the court that Lebanese Army officers issued permits for saboteurs to enter southern Lebanon in order to infiltrate into Israel.
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