Israeli intelligence met with Libyan general Haftar's son

Israeli Intelligence Ministry officials secretly met with Saddam Haftar, the son of the de-facto leader of Libya General Khalifa Haftar, according to a report in the Washington Free Beacon.
Haftar, the son of the Libyan General, is currently eyeing Libya's presidential seat, which will be decided in December of this year.
Haftar, who many see as a proxy for his father according to the report, has been seeking Western backing for his bid to rule the country.
The report said that Israeli officials traveled to the country as a "signal" of support for Haftar's bid.
It could be seen as a step to normalizing relations between Libya and Zionist regime.
While the Israeli embassy refused to comment to the report, the Free Beacon quoted a source familiar with the meeting saying that Haftar and the Israeli officials discussed "the situation in the region" and "his aspiration for stability of his country," claiming that the "Israelis are supporting him.
Haftar would be running against Saif al-Islam Qaddafi, who is the son of the late dictator, Muammar Gaddafi.
During the Libyan general's rise to power, following Gaddafi's death, Haftar was given a military rank and a brigade by his father to command.
The Free Beacon quoted the State Department as being uninvolved in the upcoming election, and unwilling to take a position.
"While we are taking no position on candidates, we would note that Saif al-Islam Gaddafi is designated under UN and US sanctions, and also remains subject to an outstanding arrest warrant issued by the International Criminal Court," a State Department spokesman told the Free Beacon.
A former ally of Gaddafi, Haftar returned to Libya in 2011 from the United States, to join the NATO-backed revolution that ended four decades of one-man rule.
Among the officers who supported Gaddafi when he seized power from King Idris in 1969, Haftar was disowned by Gaddafi after he was captured leading Libyan forces in Chad in 1987.
He settled outside Washington DC in Virginia and returned to Libya only as the revolt against Gaddafi was gathering pace.
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