Not less than 11 individuals had been killed, together with an 8-year-old lady, and greater than 2,700 extra had been wounded yesterday in Lebanon when lots of of pagers exploded, in an obvious assault by Israel focusing on Hezbollah operatives. The Lebanese Well being Ministry said that most of the injured suffered accidents to the eyes and palms. Hezbollah said that at the least eight of its fighters had been among the many useless. (New York Instances)
Our Take
Though Israel neither confirmed nor denied duty for the explosions, as per its commonplace process, the assault has all of the fingerprints of an Israeli covert operation. Based on some stories, Israel managed to achieve entry to a cargo of pagers bought by Hezbollah and insert explosives into them earlier than they had been delivered. The explosives had been then remotely detonated yesterday.
If true, the operation as soon as once more demonstrates Israel’s capability to carry out complicated and difficult covert operations, together with the assassination of Hamas’ political chief Ismael Haniyeh in Tehran two months in the past, in addition to quite a few focused strikes towards Iranian and Hezbollah leaders in Lebanon and Syria.
