Israel car­ried out pager attack after fears Hezbol­lah was on to oper­a­tion

Israel car­ried out its mass det­o­na­tion of Hezbol­lah pagers in Lebanon after fears that the mil­i­tant group was on to the oper­a­tion.

Israeli intel­li­gence sus­pect­ed that one of the most dar­ing espi­onage oper­a­tions in recent his­to­ry was about to be uncov­ered, prompt­ing it to be car­ried out ear­ly, three U.S. offi­cials told Axios. Al-Mon­i­tor report­ed the con­cerns, alleg­ing two Hezbol­lah mem­bers raised sus­pi­cions about the devices days before the attack.

“It was a use it or lose it moment,” one of the U.S. offi­cials said.

Despite th …