Lebanese officials believe that the "Israeli espionage network" uncovered recently was involved in the assassination of senior Hizbullah commander Imad Mugniyah.

Security sources told the As-Safir newspaper on Wednesday that the network's leader, Ali al-Jarah, had confessed to his investigators that he was ordered to survey the Kafr Sousa neighborhood in Damascus, where Mugniyah was killed by a car bomb in February.

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The Lebanese security sources estimated that al-Jarah and his brother Yusuf were recruited by the Israeli intelligence in 1982, and have since carried out many missions.

According to the report, Ali al-Jarah also operated in additional Arab capitals apart from Damascus and Beirut and used a "military vehicle" provided to him to ease his movements.

The investigators are now checking whether additional al-Jarah brothers are involved in the network and have also worked for Israel

As-Safir was the paper which revealed that the two espionage suspects were arrested about two weeks ago. The Lebanese army confirmed some of the details the same day.