The World - News from April 8, 1986
The head of Israeli army intelligence said he believes that 21 American, French, British and Jewish hostages missing in Lebanon since 1984 were all kidnaped by the extremist Iranian-backed Hezbollah (Party of God). Maj. Gen. Amnon Shahak, in a Jerusalem speech on terrorism to Israeli and European insurance agents, was the first Israeli official to directly link the kidnapings to Hezbollah.
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