BEIRUT: Lebanon s military prosecutor charged 10 more suspects on Wednesday with spying for Israel, continuing a crackdown on spy rings that has now seen a total of 68 people charged.

They are accused of collaborating with the Israeli enemy for money and giving it information about civilian and military outposts, a judicial official said.

Forty of those charged are currently in custody, including a retired general and a policeman. Those detained are 37 Lebanese citizens, two Palestinians and an Egyptian.

Lebanon remains at a state of war with Israel and convicted spies face a possible life prison term with hard labor or the death penalty if found guilty of contributing to Lebanese loss of life.

The charges come just days after Sunday s election which saw a Western-backed alliance take 71 of the 128 seats in parliament, defeating a rival bloc led by Iranian-backed Hezbollah. -AFP