Israel – Ben Zygier, the alleged Mossad agent known as Prisoner X who committed suicide in an Israeli prison under a fake name in 2010, passed sensitive information to Hezbollah which led to the arrests of two informants within the ranks of the Shi’te organization, Der Spiegel reported on Sunday.

According to the report, Siad al-Homsi and Mustafa ali Awadeh were arrested in May 2009 for spying for Israel in Lebanon and sentenced to long prison terms after Zygier passed their names to a Hezbollah operative.

Zygier was originally enlisted into the service of the Mossad in 2003 and eventually served the organization by entering the ranks of European companies doing business with Iran and Syria, according to Der Spiegel.

Zygier was ordered to return to Israel in 2007 after his work failed to meet the Mossad’s expectations. He left the organization in 2008 to return to his native Australia, Der Spiegel reported.

The story of “Prisoner X”, later named as Ben Zygier, originally from Melbourne, came to international attention after a report by Australian station ABC claimed that he had been recruited by Mossad and then held in isolation in Israeli detention until his death in 2010.

Zygier was arrested in February 2010 for unknown security reasons.

A judicial inquiry in Israel found Zygier, 34, hanged himself in December 2010 with a sheet tied to the bars over a window in the bathroom of his heavily guarded cell.

Austrailian Foreign Minister Bob Carr ordered an investigation into the case last month, saying he would ask Israel’s government for details of how Zygier, a father of two, died in a supposedly suicide-proof cell.

Israel has said he was detained under an alias to avoid serious harm to national interests.

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