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Israel has launched an unprecedented sabotage attack against Hezbollah in an apparent first step to ignite a full-on war with Lebanon.
The first wave of the attack, which took place on September 17, saw some 5,000 pagers, which were recently distributed by Hezbollah to its members across Lebanon, exploding simultaneously.
Blasts were reported from the Baalbek-Hermel governorate in the north, to the capital, Beirut, the Beqaa Valley in the east and the South governorate, the heartland of Hezbollah.
The pagers, Gold Apollo AR924 models, were reportedly intercepted by Israeli intelligence and rigged with explosive material before arriving in Lebanon some five months ago. The Taiwan-based Gold Apollo company alleged that the devices were made by a Hungarian-based contractor, BAC Consulting KFT.
The first wave of the attack claimed the lives of 12 people, including two children, and left more than 2,800 others wounded.
Among those wounded was the Iranian ambassador to the country, Mojtaba Amani, who was reportedly taken to Tehran for treatment.
The second wave of the attack came on September 18. It saw hundreds of Icom IC-V82 VHF handheld radios, which were also recently distributed by Hezbollah to its members, exploding across Lebanon, from Baalbek-Hermel to Beirut, Bekaa Valley and the south.
A sales executive at the United States subsidiary of Japan’s Icom said the transceivers involved in the attack appeared to be “knockoff” products. They were reportedly also intercepted and rigged with explosives by the Israeli intelligence before arriving in Lebanon some five months ago along with the pagers.
The second wave of the sabotage attack claimed the lives of some 20 people and left more than 450 others wounded.
Israel’s main spy agency, Mossad, and the Military Intelligence Directorate, known as Aman, were reportedly behind the sophisticated attack.
The attack appears to be an attempt to provoke Hezbollah, which has been launching near-daily attacks against the Israeli Defense Forces (IDF) in support of the Gaza Strip since the start of the Israeli war on the Palestinian enclave last October.
Hezbollah vowed to respond to the deadly sabotage attack while affirming that it will separately continue to launch attacks in support of Gaza.
Besides the attack, the IDF began to take steps to prepare for a ground offensive in Lebanon. On September 18, the elite 98th Division was deployed to northern Israel. The paratroopers and commando division, which is made up of approximately 10,000 to 20,000 troops, will reportedly join the 36th Division under the military’s Northern Command. The division played a key role in offensive operations in Gaza.
Unable to end the war on Gaza with a clear victory, Israel apparently sees a war with Lebanon as an alternative for a ceasefire that would be widely seen as defeat. Still, the chances of the IDF performing any better in Lebanon are slim and the Israeli losses will likely be much larger.
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i don’t understand israel! the pager attack is a pure pr attack, without sense and reason! any attack on a hezbollah or hamas headquarters would have been more effective.
the technological trick behind the pagers is now burned, could have been used much more effectively in eliminating a serious problem.
the mossad is trying to regain lost ground, to continue to tell the fairy tale about the successful intelligence service. -the problem, no one believes it anymore!
conclusion: a symbolic act for the audience in israel, that’s it. the war continues, the longest, most expensive and most costly war israel has ever waged – and probably also the last war in israel’s history!
… they allowed october 7 as a false flag “let it happen” operation. part of the cost in its cost/benefit analysis was losing some prestige in its intelligence capabilities. this attack was meant to regain some of that prestige and the deterrence that accompanies it … but it is halfwitted analysis because they are giving the muslims more resolve and improving their overall military strength.
the other baffling aspect is that iran and yemen have both shown capabilities of pinpoint strikes deep into central israel… and basically gave them warning shots … and the israelis continue to provoke them … many military analysts say that they are planning a dangerous uncertain strategy by trying to lure the us military in case of all out war … but the us doesn’t have the ability to fight two theaters. or three if you count china.
i always believed that israel will not live to see its 100th birthday, now i’m not even sure about the 80th anymore
israel wants their empire. not only an empire — a rabbinical talmudist envisioned world dominance — where they rule over all mankind. every empire in history became an empire by lying, stealing, and rewriting history. the only problem is that in the modern world, mankind is in a different place consciously, attempting to transcend the decadence of its imperialist, warring, animalistic history …
and here you have the israelis completely tone deaf’d and too late to the game … dragging the whole world down into a neo-feudal and neo-colonial hellscape …
exploding these devices has given netanyahu a very useful win, also to exploit the line that despite the difficult times, victory is certain with him in charge. in contrast, hezbollah has refused to recognise that what matters is that a year of military attacks proved politically and strategically ineffective, not least by its refusal o attack zionist airbases. a cunning politician can exploit that failure as “backs to the wall” that allows him time (now, a year) to rebound.
the resistance has been hugely impactful. you have about 250k internally displaced israelis and about 30k are from the northern settlements. hezbollah has been successful in targeting hundreds of millions worth of military infrastructure and assets. and the israeli economy is not only at a standstill but it’s hemorrhaging…
you don’t seem to understand that the hezbollah strategy since the start of the genocide is to mobilize a significant part of the iof away from gaza. now that goal has been achieved, israel is moving more and more exhausted troops to the north, to face a stronger opponent than hamas 😂
there’s now evidence that it was usa terrorizing lebanon, not israel: “nasrallah could stop the terrorist attacks across israel, and i guarantee you, if he did that, we would be impressing upon israel the need to maintain calm on their end. bottom line is he hasn’t stopped those terrorist attacks,” us state department spokesperson matthew miller told reporters.
we got you for a second round.
next can be any of you.
this means hezbollah has juu insiders in their organizations beside that how dumb can they be not to check their equipment for juu sabotage. these juus will poison you they will sabotage your munitions they will make sure your guns misfire and blow up in your face. these hezbullahs seriously need to fix their game if they ever want to make a difference against these satanic money changer demons.