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Israeli suspected of spying released in Lybia
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An Israeli man who had been jailed in Libya has been released. Rafael Hadad was detained on suspicion of spying in March. A dual Tunisian-Israeli citizen, Mr Hadad is reported to have worked in Libya for an Israeli group devoted to preserving the history of Libya's vanished Jewish community. He was arrested while taking pictures of Jewish sites in Libya. According to Israeli media, after release Rafael Hadad was flown to Vienna where he was met by Israeli Foreign Minister Avigdor Lieberman. Libya and Israel are technically at the state of war. Israeli nationals are banned from visiting the Muslim country. Mr Hadad was travelling on his Tunisian passport when he was detained. Bbc.co.uk.