Report: IDF searches in Lebanon for Ron Arad, Israeli aviator missing since 1986

Citing Hezbollah sources, the Lebanese newspaper An‑Nahar reports that four Israeli military helicopters landed troops in the eastern Lebanese village of Al-Nabi Shayth in search of IAF navigator Ron Arad's remains

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Citing Hezbollah sources, the Lebanese newspaper An‑Nahar reports that four Israeli military helicopters landed troops in the eastern Lebanese village of Al-Nabi Shayth in search of IAF navigator Ron Arad's remains

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Jack Khoury

10:23 AM • March 07 2026 IST

IDF troops overnight into Saturday searched for the remains of Israeli air force navigator Ron Arad, who was declared missing in action in Lebanon in 1986, a report by the Lebanese newspaper An-Nahar said.

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