Ali al-Jarrah (Arabic: علي الجراح, romanized: ʿAlī al-Jarrāh; born 1958) is a Lebanese man who was accused of spying for Israel for 25 years.[1]
According to The New York Times, following Israel's 1982 invasion of Lebanon, al-Jarrah was jailed and then recruited as an intelligence asset by Israeli officers in 1983. As part of his work, he photographed Hezbollah supply routes and traveled throughout Lebanon and Syria. He communicated his information by satellite phone and even made several trips to Israel on an Israeli passport obtained in Belgium or Italy. Paid through dead drops, al-Jarrah is reported to have received more than US$300,000 over the years.[1]
In 2011, al-Jarrah was sentenced to life imprisonment with hard labor by the Military Court in Lebanon.
Ali al-Jarrah lived in Maraj, Lebanon with his wife Maryam Shmouri al-Jarrah, and their five children. His brother, Yusuf, has also been accused of helping him spy for Israel. al-Jarrah is also said to have secretly married a second wife living in Masnaa, which made it easier for him to move between the Lebanon-Syria border.[1]