Why Did Israel Blow Up Thousands of Hezbollah Pagers?

Image caption: The remains of an exploded pager in Beirut’s southern suburbs on Wednesday. Image source: Getty Images. Article by Fred Kaplan. Slate – September 18, 2024.

Israel’s remote-controlled bombing of thousands of pagers held by members of the terrorist group Hezbollah across Lebanon — followed the next day by an explosion of hundreds of the group’s walkie-talkies — was an elaborate, even ingenious intelligence operation. But what strategic purpose did it serve? And what effect is it likely to have […]

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