Benjamin Netanyahu gave green light to pager attack on Hezbollah, says spokesperson

The Israeli Prime Minister admitted having authorized this attack against the Lebanese Shiite movement, which occurred in September and has not been claimed until now.

Nearly two months after the events, Benjamin Netanyahu admitted for the first time to having given the green light to the pager attack against Hezbollah. During the weekly Council of Ministers on Sunday, November 10, the Israeli Prime Minister declared that he had authorized this operation, announced his spokesperson, Omer Dostri. On September 17, at 3:30 p.m., beepers carried by Hezbollah members exploded throughout Lebanon, almost simultaneously. After the explosion the next day of walkie-talkies belonging to the pro-Iran Shiite group, the Lebanese Ministry of Health announced a toll of 39 dead and around 3,000 injured.

Unprecedented in its scale and its method, the beeper attack had never been openly claimed or commented on by Israel, although specialists from the intelligence services quickly assured that they recognized the mark of the Israeli Mossad.

In support of Palestinian Hamas in the Gaza Strip, Hezbollah opened a front against Israel on October 8, 2023, firing daily into Israeli territory from southern Lebanon. These hostilities degenerated into open war on September 23 with a campaign of intense Israeli strikes, mainly against the strongholds of the Lebanese movement. On September 30, the Israeli army launched a ground offensive in Lebanon.