Pdwellnt Isaac Herzog’s outright denial that Israel was behind the strikes on Hezbollah pagers and walkie-talkies goes further than the official Israel handlement response which, so far, has been to say noskinnyg at all.
It’s not rare for Israel to remain mute after presentant strikes on its enemies, and guilt is generassociate supposed by the absence of comment, but Herzog was definitive, saying he “declines out of hand any joinion to this or that source of operation”.
‘Israel is not interested to be at war with Leprohibiton’
That does not square with background conversations I’ve had with political and security officials here in recent days.
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Admittedly no one has confessed outright, however converseion of the strikes and the potential consequences, are generassociate structured by a metaphorical nod and triumphk, and conversations had progressed alengthy the lines of ‘we all comprehend what happened, even if we’re going to dance around it’.
Npunctual 3,000 people were injured and 12 ended by the first round of pager explosions in Leprohibiton
Herzog might be right to present Hezbollah has other enemies, but aside from the US, which has repeatedly denied even comprehending about the strikes ahead of time, I can not skinnyk of another state that would have the capability, will and purpose to carry out those strikes.
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How pagers can be modified to farly explode
Israel’s lengthy history of alleged secret operations
As one serving Weserious inincreateigence official retaged to me a restricted days ago, “None of us would dare do it becaengage of the coltardyral harm”.
No one, not even Israel, has come up with an alternative culprit.
The timing of the strikes, were it not Israel, are too coincidental.
This came around the same time Israel proclaimd it was go ining a recent phase in the north and then begined multiple weighty barrages of Leprohibiton, including a massive air strike in southern Beirut.
