CNN — Israel has for the first time confirmed that it was behind the operation in September to detonate hundreds of pagers used by Hezbollah in Lebanon. The Israeli media on Sunday reported that Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu told his cabinet: “The beeper operation and the elimination of Nasrallah were launched despite the opposition of senior officials in the security …
Iranian member of parliament Ahmad Bakhshayesh Ardestani hinted that a pager, similar to the ones used to target Hezbollah in Lebanon, exploded inside the chopper of former Iranian president Ebrahim Raisi in May leading it to crash. “One likely scenario regarding the deadly helicopter crash that killed Iran’s President Ebrahim Raisi is the explosion of his pager,” Ardestani told Iranian …
Get the free Morning Headlines email for news from our reporters across the world Sign up to our free Morning Headlines email Sign up to our free Morning Headlines email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Israeli president Isaac Herzog said he “rejects out of hand any connection” to the …
