Lebanese citizens have been receiving recorded phone messages asking for information about missing Israeli soldiers.

The messages ask people to view an Israeli Web site or call a phone number in Britain if they have any information on the soldiers.

The Web site, www.10million.org, belongs to a foundation set up by the Israeli government. It shows five missing Israeli soldiers, including Ron Arad, whose plane was shot down over Lebanon in 1986. The Web site, in English, Arabic and Farsi, offers a $10 million reward.

Several journalists were among those who received the calls on their mobile phones Thursday. A foundation spokeswoman refused to say if it was behind the calls.

Last month, similar messages in Lebanon criticized Hizbullah leader Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah, which prompted Telecommunications Minister Jebran Bassil to send a letter of protest to U.N. chief Ban Ki Moon.(AP-Naharnet)