People inspect damage in a apartment following a raid by the army in Asoun, Oct. 23.

BEIRUT — The Lebanese Army killed three gunmen during a raid in north Lebanon Thursday and arrested a local “terror” suspect accused of recruiting young Lebanese to join the “Islamic State” – including a relative involved in the beheading of a soldier held captive by militants, the military said.

In a statement, the military said “terrorist” Ahmad Salim Mikati, who was being monitored by Army Intelligence, was arrested in the Dinnieh neighborhood of north Lebanon during a dawn raid on his apartment.

It said a Lebanese soldier was slightly wounded in the operation.

Dubbed “a delicate security operation,” the Army said three gunmen were killed in the raid at the apartment that housed a “group of terrorists.”

It said the military is yet to determine their identities.

The statement described Mikati, 46, as “one of ISIS’ most important cadres” in north Lebanon.

Mikati also planned a “massive terrorist act” in coordination with his son, Omar, who is fighting with ISIS on the outskirts of the northeastern town of Arsal, according to the Army.

It said Mikati is also accused of maintaining contact with ISIS commanders inside Syria and of recruiting young Lebanese men to join ISIS on the outskirts of Qalamoun. He is accused of cooperating with his son Omar, nicknamed Abu Huraira, and his nephew Bilal Mikati, who is implicated in the beheading of 1st Sgt. Ali Sayyed.

Sayyed was the first of three Lebanese soldiers to be executed by Islamist militants who took at least 30 soldiers and policemen hostage after briefly taking over the northeastern border town of Arsal in August, engaging the military in five days of fierce battles.

Security sources told Lebanese newspaper The Daily Star that the army clashed with terror suspects during an early morning raid on a two-story house in the Dinnieh neighborhood of Asoun. The dead suspected militants include two Lebanese and a Syrian.