Some items found in Mr Ahmaz’s room included SIM cards from different countries, multiple passports, and an old-fashioned Nokia phone, which may indicate he had been working as a spy, according to Mr Solomon.
Mr Ahmaz could have been working as a senior operative in a Hezbollah unit that specialised in transporting weapons and electronics used in the fight against Israel, he suggested.
“But also, because of his position, he could also have been recruited as a double agent for Israel and the rescue was to get him to safety outside Lebanon,” Mr Solomon added.
Ahmaz’s family telecommunications business, Stars Group Holding based in Beirut, was sanctioned by the US in 2014.
The US Treasury department accused the business of “illicit activities” through the transportation of communications devices to Hezbollah factories in Lebanon, via countries such as China and the UAE.
“Ahmaz maybe recruited the family for this kind of operation,” Mr Solomon added.
An Israeli security source, speaking on the condition of anonymity, repeated Mr Solomon’s belief that the items found in Mr Ahmaz’s room were as interesting as the abduction itself.