Ex-Defense Minister Reveals Details of Covert Operation Preceding Hezbollah Pager Attack
How 3 Israeli newsrooms covered this story — translated into English and compared side by side.
By כיכר השבת, דוד הכהן
What happened
Former Israeli Defense Minister Yoav Gallant revealed that Israel assassinated a Hezbollah operative suspected of investigating pagers in August 2024 and staged the killing to conceal the reason. Israel also detonated Iranian testing devices, misleading Hezbollah before launching a large-scale pager attack on September 17, 2024.
- 01Israel assassinated a Hezbollah operative investigating pagers in August 2024.
- 02The assassination was covertly staged to appear as an unrelated incident.
- 03Israel detonated Iranian testing devices sent to examine the pagers.
- 04These actions created a dilemma about when to launch the main pager attack.
- 05The September 17, 2024, attack killed 59 and injured 4,500 Hezbollah operatives.
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