Two retired senior Israeli intelligence officers recently in an interview disclosed new information about a covert operation that had been planned for years that targeted Hezbollah militants in Lebanon and Syria using exploding pagers and walkie talkies three months ago. While speaking anonymously with masks and altered voices to protect their identities, they shared said in a segment on CBS' …
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 …
Lebanon is reeling after thousands of pagers and walkie-talkies belonging to Hezbollah fighters exploded during two days of carnage, leaving thousands with horrific injuries, dozens dead, and many now terrified of a repeat attack. Patients are treated at the Lebanese-Italian hospital in the city of Tyre after the second wave of blasts yesterday The attacks have seen scores of Hezbollah …
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Hezbollah’s pagers were meant to be safety measures, secure from Israeli eavesdropping. After suffering a series of assassinations of top operatives during months of low-level war with Israel, this summer Hezbollah ordered its fighters to ditch their mobile phones. “If you’re looking for an Israeli agent, look at the phone in your hand,” Hassan Nasrallah, Hezbollah’s chief, warned his men. …