Lebanon Pager Blast: Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu admitted on Sunday (November 10) that he had approved pager attacks on Hezbollah. Netanyahu said that this action was taken keeping in mind security purposes. However, he did not give much information on this whole matter. About 40 people were killed and 3,000 Iran-backed Hezbollah members were injured in the pager attacks on September 17.
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s spokesman Omar Dostri told AFP news agency, “Netanyahu admitted on Sunday that he had given the green light to the pager operation in Lebanon.” On September 17, thousands of pagers exploded in Hezbollah targets for two consecutive days – leading to Iran and Hezbollah blamed Israel. The pager was used by Hezbollah members to communicate among themselves, as well as to avoid Israeli location-tracking.
40 people were killed in pager blasts
About 40 people were killed and more than three thousand were injured in the pager blasts in Lebanon. These attacks took place before Israel’s ongoing military action in Lebanon. these pager attacks
For some time after this, Hezbollah did not understand what was happening. Later, Hezbollah issued a statement holding Israel responsible for this attack and talked about taking revenge.
Mossad hacked the pager
According to AFP report, to avoid Israeli attacks, Hezbollah leader Nasrallah had advised the leaders of his organization not to use mobile phones, but he had no idea that his enemy Israel had an intelligence agency like Mossad. The pager was also hacked by Mossad and it was blasted. Earlier this week, Lebanon filed a complaint with the United Nations Labor Agency over the attack, calling it a “horrific war against humanity.”