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Ron Arad (born May 5, 1958) is an Israeli aircraft navigator missing in action.

Arad was an F-4 Phantom navigator on a mission to attack PLO targets near Sidon, in Lebanon, on October 16, 1986. Apparently a bomb that they dropped exploded in the air causing so much damage to the aircraft that Arad and the pilot ejected. The pilot was rescued a few hours later, but Arad was captured by the Lebanese Shi'ite militia Amal.

In 1987, letters from Arad were received. The Israeli government negotiated for his release, but talks failed in 1988. There are inconclusive indications that Arad was then "sold" to Iran. After this time, credible information about Arad has been hard to discover, though unsubstantiated claims of new information are made regularly.

In an effort to bring about his release, Israel took Sheik Abdul-Karim Obeid, a member of the Lebanese Hezbollah, captive in 1989 and Mustafa Dirani in 1994. The Israeli government claimed they were being held in order to find out information about Arad. Both were released in 2004 as part of a POW swap for Elchanan Tenenbaum.

In 2006 the leader of Hezbollah, Sayed Hassan Nasrallah, publicly stated that Hezbollah believed Arad to be dead and his remains lost. This marked the first time they have publicly acknowledged their lack of knowledge about his whereabouts.

External links

ICMIS bio on Ron Arad
Story of Ron Arad
Archive of news articles
Ron Arad - Reward: A site that offers a $10,000,000 reward for any proven information leading to Ron Arad.

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 '''Ron Arad''' (born [[May 5]], [[1958]]) is an [[Israel]]i aircraft [[navigator]] [[missing in action]].
-Arad was a [[F-4 Phantom]] navigator on a mission to attack Palestinian targets near [[Sidon]], in [[Lebanon]], on [[October 16]], [[1986]].  Apparently a bomb that they dropped exploded in the air causing so much damage to the aircraft that Arad and the pilot ejected.  The pilot was rescued a few hours later, but Arad was captured by the Lebanese [[Shi'ite]] [[militia]] [[Amal Movement|Amal]].
+Arad was an [[F-4 Phantom]] navigator on a mission to attack [[PLO]] targets near [[Sidon]], in [[Lebanon]], on [[October 16]], [[1986]].  Apparently a bomb that they dropped exploded in the air causing so much damage to the aircraft that Arad and the pilot ejected.  The pilot was rescued a few hours later, but Arad was captured by the Lebanese [[Shi'ite]] [[militia]] [[Amal Movement|Amal]].
 In [[1987]], letters from Arad were received. The Israeli government negotiated for his release, but talks failed in [[1988]].  There are inconclusive indications that Arad was then "sold" to Iran. After this time, credible information about Arad has been hard to discover, though unsubstantiated claims of new information are made regularly.