A German convicted in an Israeli court of helping the militant Islamic group Hezbollah was sentenced to 10 years in prison. The mother of Stephan Smyrek, 27, who had traveled to Israel for the verdict, burst into tears after hearing the sentence Thursday and said her son intended to appeal.
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