Yahya Skaf

Yahya Skaf, also spelled Yehia Skaff (Arabic: يحيى سكاف), from the district of Lebanon, is a person claimed to have been arrested by Israel on 11 March 1978 for participation in the Coastal Road massacre.^[1] Israel claims he was killed during battle with his body never found.^[2] It is claimed by the that his family and some released detainees have borne witness to his imprisonment.^[1]

A supporter of the Syrian Social Nationalist Party, he subsequently joined Fatah to participate in military operations against Israel.

Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah suggested Skaf be a part of a prisoner exchange during the 2006 Lebanon War.^[3] However, he was not included in the July 2008 prisoner exchange.

References[]

^ ^a ^b "A Memorandum Calling For the Freedom of Samir Al-Kantar and the uncovering of the disappearances and the delivery of the Martyrs' Corpses". Khiam Center. Retrieved 5 October 2006.
^ "Hezbollah says Israel holding Lebanese prisoner". Ynetnews. 17 July 2009.
^ Press Conference with Hasan Nasrallah, 12 July 2006, at Understanding the Present Crisis. Retrieved .

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[khiam-1] "A Memorandum Calling For the Freedom of Samir Al-Kantar and the uncovering of the disappearances and the delivery of the Martyrs' Corpses". Khiam Center. Retrieved 5 October 2006.

[2] "Hezbollah says Israel holding Lebanese prisoner". Ynetnews. 17 July 2009.

[nasrallah-3] Press Conference with Hasan Nasrallah, 12 July 2006, at Understanding the Present Crisis. Retrieved .

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