Lebanese tragedy: almost a hundred people perished in the sinking of an illegal immigrant ship Israel today

The Lebanese army said in a statement published on the official website that the management of the intelligence mechanisms arrested a civilian the day after the disaster on September 20.

The investigation linked the citizen to the management of the network of smuggling illegal immigrants by sea from the coast of Lebanon.

According to the announcement, the suspect confessed to several recent smuggling operations from Lebanon to Italy by sea, which led to the sinking of the ships.

The ship was initially supposed to arrive in Cyprus, and from there the immigrants were supposed to continue on their way to Europe.

The funeral of one of the victims of the sinking of the Lebanese migrant boat disaster, photo: I.F.

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Officials in the Assad regime confirmed on Saturday that the number of dead reached at least 89 people.

The Syrian News Agency quoted the director of the general authority of the hospital in Tartus, Dr. Eskander Amar, who stated that they received 14 survivors of the shipwreck for treatment.

He added that after the treatment, six of them were discharged from the hospital to their homes in good condition and five others were transferred to the intensive care unit.

Amar emphasized that the steps to transfer the bodies to the families of the victims continue after the work of identification.

This is just one of the illegal immigrant ships leaving Lebanon, which has been suffering since 2019 from a severe economic crisis.

Members of the Syrian Red Cross try to locate migrants who washed ashore, photo: Reuters

The Syrian Ministry of Transport quoted survivors of the ship as saying it left northern Lebanon on Tuesday with between 120 and 150 people on board.

Since Thursday, forces of the Assad regime began to locate bodies of those who perished.

Members of the Syrian Red Cross try to locate victims who were washed ashore, photo: Reuters

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