The Lebanese government’s commissioner at the military court, Judge Fadi Akiki, filed charges on Wednesday against Mohammad Hadi Saleh, a Shiite religious singer (mounshid) known for his close ties to Hezbollah. Saleh is accused of “collaboration with the Israeli enemy” and “complicity in acts that led to the deaths of Lebanese citizens.”
According to the indictment, Saleh allegedly received $23,000 from Israel in exchange for espionage services. He was initially under investigation in connection with a financial fraud case, but a search of his phone during the inquiry reportedly uncovered evidence linking him to Israeli intelligence services.
The case has sparked widespread attention due to Saleh’s background. According to the news site Jounoubia, he is the brother of a Hezbollah “martyr” and the son of a fighter in Hezbollah’s elite Radwan Force.
Citing security sources, Jounoubia reported that Saleh was likely recruited by Israel’s Mossad, potentially through social media. He is believed to have supplied precise coordinates of Hezbollah sites, which were then used in Israeli strikes that killed several Lebanese nationals, including Hezbollah officials and fighters.
His name has also been linked to last Thursday’s Israeli air raids on the southern city of Nabatieh—the most intense since the November 27 ceasefire—and to the April 1 strike in Beirut’s southern suburb that targeted Hezbollah commander Hassan Bdeir and his son, Ali.
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