Israel has for the first time confirmed that it was behind the operation in September to detonate hundreds of pagers used by Hezbollah in Lebanon.

Hezbollah’s vow of revenge against Israel intensified the already rising hostilities. The Day the Pagers Exploded: Israel’s Brutal Attack on Hezbollah In late September 2024, Israel had already begun increasing its military actions against Hezbollah.

The most important question to ask, then, is why Israel decided to act at this very moment, while part of its army is engaged in Gaza

The attacks, carried out on September 17 and 18, targeted thousands of handheld pagers and hundreds of walkie-talkies used by Hezbollah members across Lebanon and Syria.

Thousands of pagers containing explosives exploded on their Hezbollah owners across Lebanon and parts of Syria on 16 September

Israel's newly appointed minister of defense, Israel Katz, announced Sunday that his country has defeated Hezbollah after killing its leader in an airstrike in September.

Israel Defence Minister Israel Katz said on Sunday that his country has defeated Hezbollah and that eliminating its leader Hassan Nasrallah was the crowning achievement. "Now it is our job to continue to put pressure in order to bring about the fruits of that victory,

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Sunday accepted to have "okayed" the pager attacks in Lebanon, two months after the deadly attacks killed 40 people and wounded 3,000 people in September.

Netanyahu's admission came on Sunday, following a report by his spokesperson Omer Dostri, who stated that the Prime Minister had approved the operation