As a second wave of explosions hits Hezbollah and its command structures, the success of the Israeli attacks raises some interesting questions. Yesterday’s question after the pager operation was why Iran’s ambassador to Lebanon carried a pager sourced to Hezbollah for operational communications. Mojtaba Amani got injured in the explosion, although initial reports claimed at first that his injuries were “superficial.” The New York Times heard otherwise:
Iran’s ambassador to Lebanon, Mojtaba Amini, lost one eye and severely injured his other eye when a pager he was carrying exploded in a simultaneous wave of blasts targeting wireless electronic devices, according to two members of Iran’s Revolutionary Guards Corps briefed on the attack.
The Guards members, who had knowledge of the attacks and spoke on the condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to speak publicly,…
