The plan by Mossad, Israel’s intelligence service that confronts foreign threats, to give Hezbollah pagers booby-trapped with explosives was years in the making, according to a new report.
Numerous Israeli, Arab, and U.S. security officials and politicians spoke with The Washington Post about how the operation — which only Israel knew about — was carried out in Lebanon and Syria.
In 2015, Israel began covertly selling Hezbollah with booby-trapped walkie talkies that featured hidden explosives that were virtually undetectable and a transmission system that allowed Israel total access to Hezbollah’s communications.
Several years later, Mossad decided to try to sell the Iranian-backed terrorist group pagers, also booby-trapped with explosives.
Because the terrorist group was already paranoid about Israeli infiltration, they would not purchase any products made in Israel, the U.S.,…
