New Film "Paging Hezbollah" Features Netanyahu, Ex-Mossad Chief

A new documentary titled "Paging Hezbollah" will explore the Israeli operation that led to the detonation of pagers used by the Hezbollah organization. The film features interviews with current and former Israeli leaders, including Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and former Mossad chief Dadi Barnea, who discuss the intricate planning and execution of the operation. The documentary aims to reveal how Israel infiltrated Hezbollah's sensitive communication structures.

Directed by Justin Pollack, "Paging Hezbollah" is set to premiere in theaters on October 30, with a teaser trailer already released. Pollack expressed his excitement about telling the story from the perspective of those directly involved, calling the operation "incredible" and "more thrilling than one could imagine." He highlighted the rare opportunity to film a historical intelligence operation with such extensive access.

In the teaser, Netanyahu described the pager explosion operation as "a handful of TNT that changed the world." The film also includes insights from former CIA Director David Petraeus, who likened the operation to a "modern Trojan horse," former Israeli Ambassador to the U.S. Michael Oren, former U.S. intelligence official Matthew Levitt, former Israeli National Security Council head Yaakov Nagel, and former senior Israeli intelligence official Sarit Zehavi.

The filmmakers intend to detail how Israel developed special devices to penetrate Hezbollah's network, gain access to its supply chain, and persuade militants to adopt seemingly secure technology. The operation is presented not as a sudden attack, but as the culmination of years of planning and deception, tracing the devices from development to delivery within the organization before its members realized what had happened.

"Many people have heard about the pager operation and wondered how it was even possible. We wanted to tell the real story from the inside: years of patience, engineering, deception, and intelligence work that seemed incredible," stated the film's creators.