Avraham Sinai

Avraham Sinai (; born December 15, 1962) is a former Hezbollah member who spied for Israel. Originally named Ibrahim Yassin , he fled from Lebanon to Israel in 1997. After relocating to Israel, he converted from Shia Islam to Orthodox Judaism and settled in Safed.

Life in Lebanon Sinai was born Ibrahim Yassin in a Shi'ite village in eastern Lebanon in 1964. During the Lebanese Civil War, his family was affiliated with the South Lebanese Army.

Sinai became disillusioned with the actions of Palestinian militant groups and the Syrian Army during the Lebanese Civil War. He claimed that Palestinian militants had tied his daughter between two cars, then drove the cars in opposite directions.

During the Israeli invasion of Lebanon in 1982, Sinai sought and received help from the Israel Defense Force (IDF) while his wife was giving birth. His wife was flown via helicopter to Rambam Hospital in Haifa, Israel. After this event, Sinai began providing information to Israel until he was caught by Hezbollah. Sinai would eventually become a rabbi himself.

Personal life Four of Sinai's sons have joined the IDF. His son Amos served in the Golani Brigade

In popular culture In 2019, Sinai's life and intelligence career became the subject of a feature-length documentary film titled The Rabbi from Hezbollah , directed by Itamar Chen. The film premiered at the DocAviv International Film Festival and was broadcast nationally on Yes Docu. It featured archival footage alongside independent on-camera verification and interviews with his primary IDF Unit 504 intelligence handlers.