He added: “There are many enemies of Hezbollah there. Hezbollah is strangling Lebanon, destroying Lebanon, and creating chaos in Lebanon Over and over again. We are simply here to defend ourselves. That’s all we do.”
“We are making it clear that we have to act. As any normal country, like Britain, or any other sovereign country would do to defend its people,” he continued.
In response to a question about the risk of a wider regional war breaking out in The Middle EastHerzog said Israel was in a “dangerous situation,” and said that “there is clearly a potential for significant escalation.”
And regarding whether Israel is now at war with Lebanon“Israel is not interested in war with Lebanon. We do not want to get into it,” he says. War with Lebanonbut Lebanon He was kidnapped by a terrorist organization. Hezbollah“.
Herzog then uploaded a photo that he posted. Israeli army Hezbollah military leaders are shown, highlighting those killed in Friday’s Israeli airstrike on Beirut.
Different story
The Washington Post quoted Israeli and Western security officials as saying that the pager explosions that occurred in Lebanon last week represent the fruit of years of effort to penetrate the Lebanese Hezbollah.
According to the officials who spoke to the American newspaper, the penetration of the Lebanese Hezbollah, through the detonation of the portable pagers by a number of its members, took a decade.
According to the Washington Post, the marks on the damaged electronic components left a trail leading through a factory in Taiwan to a Hungarian shell company suspected of being Israeli Intelligence created or exploited to conceal its alleged role in delivering “lethal” devices to Hezbollah.
The newspaper said that Western security officials in another European capital investigated whether a second shell company there was the real seller behind the pager deal.
The newspaper explained that what happened is part of a multi-faceted effort made by Israel over the past decade to develop a plan that Israeli officials referred to as the “red button,” which means penetrating the opponent in a devastating way, with the plan remaining dormant for a period of time as needed, before being activated.
In what appeared to be a coordinated attack, devices bearing the company’s branding exploded.Gold ApolloLast Tuesday in parts of southern Lebanon, the southern suburbs of Beirut and the Bekaa Valley.
On Wednesday, hundreds of other walkie-talkies also exploded, killing 37 people, including at least two children, and injuring more than 3,000.
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In response to a question from British Sky News to Herzog about whether Israel was responsible for Pager attacks And the wireless that occurred this week in Lebanon, he said that he “completely rejects any connection to this operation.”
He added: “There are many enemies of Hezbollah there. Hezbollah is strangling Lebanon, destroying Lebanon, and creating chaos in Lebanon Over and over again. We are simply here to defend ourselves. That’s all we do.”
“We are making it clear that we have to act. As any normal country, like Britain, or any other sovereign country would do to defend its people,” he continued.
In response to a question about the risk of a wider regional war breaking out in The Middle EastHerzog said Israel was in a “dangerous situation,” and said that “there is clearly a potential for significant escalation.”
And regarding whether Israel is now at war with Lebanon“Israel is not interested in war with Lebanon. We do not want to get into it,” he says. War with Lebanonbut Lebanon He was kidnapped by a terrorist organization. Hezbollah“.
Herzog then uploaded a photo that he posted. Israeli army Hezbollah military leaders are shown, highlighting those killed in Friday’s Israeli airstrike on Beirut.
Different story
The Washington Post quoted Israeli and Western security officials as saying that the pager explosions that occurred in Lebanon last week represent the fruit of years of effort to penetrate the Lebanese Hezbollah.
According to the officials who spoke to the American newspaper, the penetration of the Lebanese Hezbollah, through the detonation of the portable pagers by a number of its members, took a decade.
According to the Washington Post, the marks on the damaged electronic components left a trail leading through a factory in Taiwan to a Hungarian shell company suspected of being Israeli Intelligence created or exploited to conceal its alleged role in delivering “lethal” devices to Hezbollah.
The newspaper said that Western security officials in another European capital investigated whether a second shell company there was the real seller behind the pager deal.
The newspaper explained that what happened is part of a multi-faceted effort made by Israel over the past decade to develop a plan that Israeli officials referred to as the “red button,” which means penetrating the opponent in a devastating way, with the plan remaining dormant for a period of time as needed, before being activated.
In what appeared to be a coordinated attack, devices bearing the company’s branding exploded.Gold ApolloLast Tuesday in parts of southern Lebanon, the southern suburbs of Beirut and the Bekaa Valley.
On Wednesday, hundreds of other walkie-talkies also exploded, killing 37 people, including at least two children, and injuring more than 3,000.
