Netanyahu Approved Pager Attacks Against Hezbollah, Spokesman Confirms

Israel has confirmed for the first time that it was behind the pager and radio attacks that killed or wounded thousands of members of the Hezbollah terrorist group in September, as Israel prepared for a ground war against the group. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu personally approved the attacks, his office’s spokesperson said on Nov. 11. “Netanyahu confirmed Sunday [Nov. 10] that he greenlighted the pager operation in Lebanon,” his spokesperson Omer Dostri said. Netanyahu discussed the attack during a closed-door cabinet meeting, saying senior defense officials and political figures opposed the pagers’ detonations but that he went ahead with it. Israeli media interpreted it as tied to Netanyahu’s firing of Defense Minister Yoav Gallant the previous week....