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Former Israeli spy agents describe attack using exploding electronic devices against Hezbollah

WASHINGTON — Two recently retired senior Israeli intelligence agents shared new details about a deadly clandestine operation years in the making that targeted Hezbollah militants in Lebanon and Syria using exploding pagers and walkie talkies three months ago. One agent said the operation started 10 years ago using walkie-talkies laden with hidden explosives, which Hezbollah didn’t realize it was buying …

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Ex-Mossad agents reveal details of plan used to target Hezbollah through pagers

Two recently retired senior Israeli intelligence agents shared new details about a deadly clandestine operation years in the making that targeted Hezbollah militants in Lebanon and Syria using exploding pagers and walkie talkies three months ago. One agent said the operation started 10 years ago using walkie-talkies laden with hidden explosives, which Hezbollah didn't realize it was buying from Israel, …

The former director of Israel's intelligence agency Mossad, Efraim Halevy, says former Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah "deserved" to be assassinated. While Mr Halevy was adamant Nasrallah needed to be killed, the former Mossad chief said he was surprised at the scale of Iran's attack on Israel. Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian said Iran's attack on Israel was "based on legitimate rights" …

Israeli military chief says ground operations in Lebanon possible after strikes targeting Hezbollah

Israel's military chief has told troops air strikes in Lebanon will continue in order to destroy Hezbollah infrastructure and to prepare the way for a possible ground operation by Israeli forces. IDF calls in more reservists for 'continuation of combat' Israel on Wednesday widened its air strikes in Lebanon and shot down a missile that the Iranian-backed Hezbollah movement said …

Hezbollah launches its first ballistic missile strike in year-long conflict as Israel barrages Lebanon for third day

Israel's military says that, for the "first time ever," a missile fired by Hezbollah reached the Tel Aviv area before being intercepted by its defence system. "Following the sirens that sounded in the Tel Aviv and Netanya areas, one surface-to-surface missile was identified crossing from Lebanon and was intercepted," a military spokesman said. Israel said late on Tuesday that fighter …

The coordinated explosion of thousands of pagers and radios used by members of Hezbollah across Lebanon and Syria earlier this week marked a new dawn of clandestine warfare. Experts have speculated that Israeli agents were able to booby- trap Hezbollah's pagers and radios by inserting a small quantity of high explosives into their internal workings. The details of the feat …

Hezbollah pager and radio explosions in Lebanon and Beirut: Everything we know

It was early afternoon in Lebanon when pagers clipped to the belts of thousands of men beeped simultaneously. Hezbollah swiftly blamed Israel for orchestrating Tuesday's attack, promising "fair punishment" for its sworn enemy. While Israel's alleged involvement may never be confirmed or denied, the country's security and intelligence agencies have been linked to a string of assassination plots over the …

Inside Israel's Trojan Horse pager attack: How explosives were secretly planted in Hezbollah gadgets in meticulously-planned 'Mossad op' as murky trail emerges from Taiwan to Hungarian 'factory'

Almost 3,000 people were injured and at least 12 killed in Lebanon and Syria on Tuesday when pagers belonging to members of Hezbollah exploded in a shocking, co-ordinated attack of unprecedented scope and scale. Hezbollah's Secretary General Hassan Nasrallah in February declared phones were 'more dangerous than Israeli spies' and ordered followers to break, bury or lock them away The …

How Israeli spies 'hid explosives in 5000 pagers of Hezbollah members'

A pager bomb attack that left roughly 2,800 Hezbollah members and civilians injured and nine dead in Lebanon and Syria yesterday was authored by Israel's Mossad spy agency and the IDF, several security sources claim. The Lebanese group earlier this year ordered thousands of pagers to conduct communications after leader Hassan Nasrallah declared smartphones would be more susceptible to cyber …

Mossad's history of elaborate hits: From kidnapping Adolf Eichmann to shooting Tehran's top nuclear weapons scientist with a satellite-controlled robot machine gunner, how the Hezbollah pager attack w

Israel’s Mossad says helped Brazilian police foil alleged Hezbollah attack

Mossad says it worked with intelligence agencies from Brazil and elsewhere to thwart planned attack on Jewish sites. Brazilian police have said they arrested two people suspected of preparing for “terrorist attacks”, which Israel alleged were being planned by the Lebanese armed group Hezbollah. A statement late on Wednesday from the Mossad intelligence agency said it provided assistance to Brazil …