By KUNA,
Gaza : A secret military intelligence report disclosed that captured Israeli navigator Ron Arad died in captivity in the mid-1990s, Yedioth Ahronoth said on Sunday.
The secret document said that Arad died of an unknown illness.
This is the first official Israeli document which discloses the fate of Arad who was captured by Amal militia in Lebanon on October 16, 1986 when his plane was shot down. He was later turned over to Iran.
The Israeli intelligence community has gone to great lenghts to try to get any infornmation on Arad.
Israel and Amal held German-brokered talks on the matter for a long period, but to no avail.
Arad’s family commented that “Our son (Ron) Arad is still alive and its our right to know his fate.”