A retired Lebanese security officer vanishes and his family thinks it was a covert Israeli abduction
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Family members of retired Lebanese officer Ahmed Shukr, hang posters of him during a gathering outside the headquarters of the U.N. Economic and Social Commission for Western Asia, ESCWA, in Beirut, Lebanon, Friday, Feb. 13, 2026. (AP Photo/Bilal Hussein)A relative of retired Lebanese officer Ahmed Shukr, holds a poster of him during a gathering outside the headquarters of the U.N. Economic and Social Commission for Western Asia, ESCWA, in Beirut, Lebanon, Friday, Feb. 13, 2026. (AP Photo/Bilal Hussein)Salwa Hazimeh, left, the wife of retired Lebanese officer Ahmed Shukr, speaks during a gathering outside the headquarters of the U.N. Economic and Social Commission for Western Asia, ESCWA, in Beirut, Lebanon, Friday, Feb. 13, 2026. (AP Photo/Bilal Hussein)The "Wood Villa" in the eastern city of Zahleh, Lebanon, Tuesday, Feb. 17, 2026, that was allegedly used as a base by the kidnappers who lured retired Lebanese officer Ahmed Shukr to a nearby area from where they whisked him away. (AP Photo/Bilal Hussein)People look at the grave that was dug by Israeli forces landed late Friday, searching for Israeli co-pilot Ron Arad who was captured and then went missing after his fighter jet crashed over south Lebanon in 1986, in Nabi Chit village, eastern Lebanon, Sunday, March 8, 2026. (AP Photo/Bilal Hussein)
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Family members of retired Lebanese officer Ahmed Shukr, hang posters of him during a gathering outside the headquarters of the U.N. Economic and Social Commission for Western Asia, ESCWA, in Beirut, Lebanon, Friday, Feb. 13, 2026. (AP Photo/Bilal Hussein)