Senior Hezbollah operative captured in Lebanon, Israeli military official says

A man points to the beach in Batroun where officials say armed men landed and took away a ship’s captain (Hussein Malla/AP)

Israeli naval forces captured a senior Hezbollah operative in north Lebanon, an Israeli military official said on Saturday.

The operation took place in the northern Lebanese town of Batroun, the official said, without providing the name of the person they detained.