Joshua Tartakovsky, the Israeli-American who was arrested in the Hezbollah stronghold neighborhood of Dahieh in Beirut, was deported from Lebanon to the U.S. following American intervention, Ynet reported on Thursday morning.

The report comes less than 24 hours after news of his arrest was circulated in Israel on Wednesday.

Tartakovsky, who was born in the US and has Israeli, American, and British citizenship, entered Lebanon two weeks ago with other journalists. His erratic behavior aroused suspicion and he was arrested by Lebanese security officials, who found an Israeli passport in his possession.

According to Tartakovsky’s social media accounts, it wasn’t his first visit to Beirut.

(YWN Israel Desk – Jerusalem)