Israel has for the first time confirmed that it was behind the operation in September to detonate hundreds of pagers used by Hezbollah in Lebanon. <\/p>\n
The Israeli media on Sunday reported that Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu told his cabinet: \u201cThe beeper operation and the elimination of (Hezbollah\u2019s leader Hassan) Nasrallah were launched despite the opposition of senior officials in the security establishment and the political echelon in charge of them.\u201d <\/p>\n
The decision by the government to brief Israel\u2019s media on Netanyahu\u2019s remarks \u2013\u202fand by extension, confirm Israel was behind the operation \u2013 appears to be another chapter in the domestic political machinations that have dominated Israel in recent weeks. <\/p>\n
Israeli media interpreted the phrasing as implicit criticism of Israel\u2019s military leadership and intelligence establishment, as well as then-Defense Minister Yoav Gallant, whom Netanyahu fired on Tuesday. <\/p>\n
The Israeli government is facing multiple criminal probes, including over allegedly leaking falsified intelligence reports to the international media. <\/p>\n
The Prime Minister\u2019s Office denies wrongdoing. <\/p>\n
On September 17, thousands of explosions struck Hezbollah members, targeting their pagers and then walkie-talkies a day later. The blasts killed at least 37 people, including some children, and injured nearly 3,000, many of them civilian bystanders, according to Lebanese health authorities, many of them civilian bystanders. <\/p>\n
The day after pagers began exploding across Lebanon, Gallant seemed to acknowledge his country\u2019s role. <\/p>\n
\u201cThe IDF brings excellent achievements, together with the Shin Bet, together with Mossad, all the bodies and all the frameworks and the results are very impressive results,\u201d he said on September 18, during a visit to the Ramat-David Air Force base in northern Israel. <\/p>\n
The acknowledgment of the pager attacks came as Netanyahu said he had spoken three times in recent days with US President-elect Donald Trump. <\/p>\n
Speaking ahead of a cabinet meeting Sunday, Netanyahu said: \u201cThese were very good and very important conversations, aimed at strengthening the solid alliance between Israel and the United States.\u201d <\/p>\n
He added: \u201cWe see eye-to-eye on the Iranian threat in all its aspects and the danger it poses. We also see the great opportunities before Israel \u2013 in peace and expansion, and in other areas.\u201d <\/p>\n
Netanyahu also referred to events in the Netherlands last week, when Israeli football fans were subjected to antisemitic abuse and violence. <\/p>\n
\u201cWe will never allow the horrors of history to repeat. We will never surrender \u2014 to neither antisemitism nor terrorism,\u201d Netanyahu said. <\/p>\n
\u201cA clear line connects the two recent antisemitic attacks against Israel on Dutch soil: the criminal legal attack on the State of Israel in the International Court of Justice (sic) in The Hague, and the violent criminal attack against Israeli citizens on the streets of Amsterdam,\u201d Netanyahu said. <\/p>\n
In May, the chief prosecutor at the International Criminal Court (not the ICJ) applied for arrest warrants against both Netanyahu and then-Defense Minister Yoav Gallant, saying they bore criminal responsibility for war crimes and crimes against humanity. <\/p>\n
Netanyahu added: \u201cWe will continue to defend our country and our citizens on all fronts, against every threat, with the Iranian threat at the forefront.\u201d <\/p>\n
On Sunday, Israel advised its citizens to avoid attending sports and cultural events involving Israelis outside of the country following the attacks in Amsterdam. <\/p>\n
In a public advisory alert, Israel\u2019s National Security Council (NSC) warned of alleged calls to \u201charm Israelis and Jews, under the guise of protests and demonstrations, exploiting gathering events (such as sports and cultural events) to maximize harm and media exposure.\u201d <\/p>\n
The NSC suggested that these planned attacks could take place in Belgium, the United Kingdom, and France. It told Israelis to particularly avoid the upcoming France-Israel soccer match in Paris on Thursday. <\/p>\n
Israelis have also been warned to stay away from protests and demonstrations and to \u201ctake extra care to conceal identifying Israeli\/Jewish symbols.\u201d <\/p>\n<\/p>\n
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