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12 How Mossad Planned Its Exploding Pager Operation: Inside Israel's Penetration of Hezbollah

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EditorDavid @ Slashdot 1 place · today 18:59 EDT

How Mossad Planned Its Exploding Pager Operation: Inside Israel's Penetration of Hezbollah

The Washington Post interviewed Lebanese officials, people close to Hezbollah, and Israeli, Arab and U.S. security officials and politicians about a years-long plan (originated at Mossad headquarters) that ultimately killed or maimed "as many as 3,000 Hezbollah officers and members — most of them rear-echelon figures... along with an unknown number of civilians... when Israel's Mossad intelligence service triggered the devices remotely on September 17."

In the initial sales pitch to Hezbollah two years ago

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