Investigations into the 'Jaroud cell': five detained and documents containing military plans in the Bcharre jaroud

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1. 12 Nov 2026, 00:00 Information obtained by Annahar said the five detainees in the Bcharre and Batroun jaroud, who are affiliated with Hezbollah, tried to destroy documents that included action plans for Tripoli and Koura, task distribution and requests for support and weapons, as the investigations expand. The information indicated that the detainees belong to the 'Charitable Association for the Revival of the Five Villages' in Bnahré, and that in parallel investigations continue into the killing of former Iraqi MP Ahmed al-Alwani with Lebanese-Iraqi coordination on the matter.
2. 12 Nov 2026, 06:32 MP Strida Geagea of the Strong Republic bloc said she called Prime Minister Nawaf Salam immediately after the arrest of five elements in the al-Shira area of the Bcharre-Tannourine jaroud, saying the detainees are not from the region and that maps and military plans were in their possession. She rejected linking their presence to confronting Israel given the area's distance from the southern border, stressing that she awaits the investigation's results before taking any political position.
3. 12 Nov 2026, 06:35 Security information reported the arrest of five people in the Bcharre and Batroun jaroud after torn documents were seized indicating plans, group distribution and arming requests, in a case dubbed the 'Jaroud cell'. The information spoke of people affiliated with Hezbollah entering an apartment in Bnahré and removing devices and documents, while Prime Minister Nawaf Salam followed up the investigations, affirming they would have no ceiling other than the law, amid parliamentary demands to expand them and rejection voiced by Hezbollah Secretary-General Naim Qassem.

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