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Man with Israeli and British passports arrested in Beirut

An Israeli citizen who holds a British passport was arrested on Tuesday in Beirut, according to Lebanese newspaper Al-Akhbar.

The report identified the Israeli as Joshua Tartakovsky, 42, who had arrived in Beirut over the last two weeks and identified himself as a journalist.

He was found to be carrying an Israeli passport, and was subsequently arrested by security forces in Lebanon.