Disappearance of Ahmad Shukr
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On 19 December 2025, Ahmad Ali Shukr (Arabic: أحمد علي شكر), a Lebanese former General Security officer, disappeared while en route to a meeting in the Beqaa Valley. His disappearance received wide media coverage, as an official investigations began as he was linked to disappearance of Israeli Air Force navigator Ron Arad in 1986.
Shukr is a retired major of Lebanon’s General Security service. He is from Al-Nabi Shayth in the Beqaa Valley region of Lebanon. He disappeared while was on his way to a real estate meeting. His extended family includes Fuad Shukr, who was a senior member of Hezbollah, and fighters in the Lebanese Civil War and in conflicts with Israel in the 1980s. He was linked to the disappearance of Ron Arad, an Israeli navigator whose aircraft was downed in southern Lebanon in 1986 and who has been missing ever since.[1][2][3]
Disappearance
Shukr was announced missing in mid December, while he was on his way to a real estate meeting in Zahlé in the Beqaa Valley. Contact with him was lost during the afternoon of December 19. Lebanese army sources initially described him as missing, while local officials called the incident a kidnapping.[4]