A leader of Beirut’s Jewish community was kidnapped from his home in the old Jewish quarter of Wadi Abu Jemil in West Beirut, according to reports from Lebanon’s capital tonight. Selim Jammrous, a member of a committee representing Jewish residents in the war-torn city, was last seen entering a car which was driven away by armed men, his wife told police. There was no immediate explanation for the abduction and no group has claimed responsibility.
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