The security establishment was stunned to hear Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu reveal classified details of the September 2024 pager and walkie-talkie operation against Hezbollah in a speech this week, according to a Monday evening report.

On September 17, thousands of pagers used by Hezbollah operatives across Lebanon suddenly began to explode, injuring those holding them and killing over two dozen. A day later, hundreds of walkie-talkies also blew up, injuring or killing scores more. Israel had concealed small explosives inside the devices before they were delivered to Hezbollah, as a weapon ready to be deployed at any time.

It was a decisive development in an escalating conflict between Israel and Hezbollah that began in the wake of the devastating Hamas-led invasion of Israel on October 7, 2023.

Speaking at a Jewish News Syndicate conference Sunday evening, Netanyahu said that Israel bombed a scanning machine that Iran sent to Lebanon once Hezbollah suspected that........

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