A mystery surrounds the fate of the captain of the naval

Muhammad Shuqair wrote in “Al -Sharq Al -Awsat”: The release of the Israeli Elizabeth Tzorkov, who is being held by the “Hizbullah Brigades” in Iraq, surprised the official Lebanese authorities and with it “Hizbullah” regarding the absence of any information related to revealing the ambiguity about the fate of the Lebanese captain Imad Amaz, unlike what was published by the “Tasnim” agency of the “Revolutionary Guards”, quoting the Revolutionary Guards, quoting the Revolutionary Guards, quoting from the “Revolutionary Guards”. Iraqi sources, that Tsrukov was released in exchange for the launch of a second and a second person who was not identified.

The lack of receiving Lebanon, specifically the official authorities in charge of following up the file of the Lebanese prisoners in Israel, that is, information about the fate of Mhaz, who was kidnapped at the dawn of the second of November 2024, sparked more than one question mark, and opened the door to communication between Lebanon and Cyprus in light of what was reported that she played the role of the mediator to release Tsrukov, hijacked since 2023.
The file of the Lebanese prisoners was the subject of the interest of the Lebanese Public Security Director, Major General Hassan Shuqair, and he immediately initiated the government, to communicate with the authorities specialized in the Iraqi government, and he met in response to the Lebanese desire to release the prisoners, after it was confirmed, according to sources, that “Washington interferes at the request of Tel Aviv to release Tsorkov, and this allows to link its release with the release of what it has with the release of what it has. Lebanese prisoners. ” And Al -Sharq Al -Awsat learned from sources in keeping with the Lebanese -Iraqi communications that the Lebanese side initiated a list of 16 Lebanese prisoners, which were added to them later three names; They are: Mashz, and two people: The first was kidnapped by Israel while he was hunting fish at sea in Lebanese waters, and the other from the border area in Arqoub, in addition to evacuating the fate of 65 missing persons.
Although the Lebanese -Iraqi contacts were not interrupted by the continued communication between Major General Shukair and the Iraqi security team in charge of following up the prisoners ’file, the release of Tsorkov had been included as a clause on the agenda of the Iranian -American negotiations, before it stopped in protest against the American raid that targeted nuclear sites in Iran, to resume later, based on the urgency of the negotiating American team. However, it was decided to freeze the communications by Iran’s entry into the line, as sources in the Shiite duo say to Asharq Al -Awsat, and its demand to include the exchange process in the event that it is reached, an Iranian person holding Iraqi citizenship and married to an Iraqi lady, who is currently imprisoned in Baghdad on charges of his involvement with American killing, in addition to the inclusion of another name, whose nationality was not known as a Palestinian, to the list at the request of an Iraqi authority Prisoners. There was no details of the Lebanese side related to the release of Tsorkov and whether it was in asste with the release of Mashz and others, which led to the intensification of communications between Beirut and Baghdad to stand from Iraqi officials concerned with the file on the truth of what happened to be the Lebanese government’s ability to build on the thing that is required. The file of returning the prisoners leads the attention of the three presidents, and it was the subject of permanent prosecution by them in their meetings, the American mediator, Tom Barak, and the European delegates to Lebanon, given that their case is listed by them in the context of the correlation of steps, as it is one of the guarantees they demand to implement the exclusive weapon. In this context, Al -Sharq Al -Awsat learned from the accompanying sources that the communication channels between Lebanon and Cyprus are open, whether security or political, to clear the truth of what it was reported that it played the role of the mediator to release Tzorkov, and undertook to secure its transportation to Larnaca Airport and from it to one of the airports in Israel on a private plane to land last Wednesday evening. The sources pointed out that the Lebanese -Cypriot communication aims to know whether the release of Tsorkov came as part of a exchange deal that includes the release of Mashz and others, and some of them are non -Lebanese, to ensure the authenticity of the news published by the “Tasnim” news agency, or if the deal was limited to release for reasons related to Iraqi national security to neutralize Baghdad from the burning wars in the region. Consequently, the surprise remains in place until the knowledge of the fate of Mhaz and whether he is covered by his release in parallel to the release of the Israeli researcher, and is there a role for Iran in this regard due to the close relationship that he has with the kidnapping party?
Al -Nahar wrote: Two sources close to the Iraqi government reported that there was no agreement on the release of the Israeli -Russian Academy, Elizabeth Tzorkov, and that its kidnappers had responded to pressure.
Tzorkov was kidnapped in Baghdad in March 2023, and she was released on Tuesday and handed over to the American embassy in Iraq, then transferred the next day to Israel via Cyprus. The Iraqi government, which has always confirmed that it was working tirelessly to find it, described its detainees on Sunday as “out of the law”, while US President Donald Trump said that the pro -Iranian Hezbollah Brigades released it. A source close to the government told “Agence France Presse”, asking not to be named because he was not authorized to speak to the media: “No deal was made to release the Israeli researcher Elizabeth Tzorkov.” He added: “The kidnapping party released it for free … and the result of the pressures.”
A second source close to the government confirmed that its release does not include “no deal, nor to pay any cash amount, nor a release of any prisoner.” The Hizbullah Brigades had previously hinted that they were not involved in the kidnapping, but a source inside the faction told AFP on Sunday that Tsorkov had been released “in order to spare Iraq any conflicts and fighting.” Tzorkov was released the day after the Israeli raids that targeted the leaders of “Ham” in Doha, the fifth capital in the Middle East, which Israel hits in the midst of its war against Hama in the Gaza Strip. The office of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu did not respond to the request of “Agence France Presse” to comment on a possible agreement to release Tsorkov.
For its part, Lebanese media reported that its release was part of a deal exchange with elements of “Hizbullah” detained in Israel. However, a high -ranking Lebanese official told Agence France Presse that he has no knowledge of any plans to release Israel from Lebanese citizens.