The footage and photos were shown in a trailer promoting a program to be broadcast in the coming days on the Saudi-owned Lebanese Broadcasting Corporation. The station is considered to be highly credible, according to the Haaretz news service.
In the photos and footage, Arad is seen with a beard, speaking Hebrew, and appearing fairly young. It is assumed that the footage is from 1988, two years after his plane was shot down over Lebanese territory.
The promo also showed footage of the capture of three IDF soldiers by Hizbullah terrorists in 2000.
The trailer did not say when the program would be aired, nor did it say when the photos and footage were taken or how they were obtained. LBC said the photos were exclusive.
Israeli intelligence officials said they were "frustrated" at not having known of the existence of the film, but acknowledged that in general, the sad case of Ron Arad had caused them even greater frustrations over the years.
In the photos and footage, Arad is seen with a beard, speaking Hebrew, and appearing fairly young. It is assumed that the footage is from 1988, two years after his plane was shot down over Lebanese territory.
The promo also showed footage of the capture of three IDF soldiers by Hizbullah terrorists in 2000.
The trailer did not say when the program would be aired, nor did it say when the photos and footage were taken or how they were obtained. LBC said the photos were exclusive.
Israeli intelligence officials said they were "frustrated" at not having known of the existence of the film, but acknowledged that in general, the sad case of Ron Arad had caused them even greater frustrations over the years.