hola play Israel PM Netanyahu says okayed Lebanon pager attacks

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu speaks at a ceremony to lay the cornerstone for a memorial to Israelis killed in the October 2023 attacks by Palestinian militants, at the Parliament as it opens its winter session in Jerusalem on October 28, 2024. Agence France-Presse

JERUSALEM — Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Sunday he okayed a deadly September attack on Hezbollah communications devices which exploded in Lebanon, the first time Israel has admitted involvement.

Hezbollah had previously blamed its arch-foe for the blasts that dealt a major blow to the Iran-backed militant group, and vowed revenge.

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“Netanyahu confirmed Sunday that he greenlighted the pager operation in Lebanon,” his spokesman Omer Dostri told AFP of the attacks.

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READ: Exploding pagers kill 9, hurt nearly 3,000 in Lebanon

Hand-held devices used by Hezbollah operatives detonated two days in a row in supermarkets, on streets and at funerals in mid-September.

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They killed nearly 40 people and wounded nearly 3,000, and preceded Israel’s ongoing military operation in Lebanon.

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Hezbollah began low intensity strikes on Israel in support of Hamas following its ally’s October 7, 2023 attack on Israel which triggered the Gaza war.

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READ: Fears of all-out war as new Lebanon device blasts kill 20, wound 450

Strikes have intensified since war broke out in Lebanon in late September, when Israel escalated its air campaign against Hezbollah and later sent ground troops into south Lebanon.

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