Nisr was born in
Lebanon in 1968 to a
Muslim father and a
Jewish mother who converted to Islam after her marriage. In 1982, Nisr moved to
Israel and obtained Israeli
citizenship under the
Law of Return. He lived in
Holon, and was married with two daughters. His immediate family remained behind in Lebanon. Nisr established ties with a Hezbollah agent through his brother in Lebanon. He was asked to supply maps of
Tel Aviv marking electricity and gas installations, to extract intelligence from a top Israeli military officer, and to monitor the activities of Israeli armor near
Ramallah. He was arrested in 2002, tried and convicted of spying for Hezbollah,{{cite news ==See also==