(Ha'aretz) Yossi Melman - In October 2000, Colonel (res.) Elhanan Tannenbaum flew out of Tel Aviv Airport on a plane to Brussels for a meeting in Europe and vanished without a trace. Ten days later he was a captive of Hizballah. Israeli security services believe that someone Tannenbaum knew well lured him to a business meeting in Europe. The Shin Bet now suspects Kais Obeid, an Arab citizen of Israel, of planning to lure additional Israelis and repeat the success of the Tannenbaum abduction.
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