WARNING ISSUED
Nasrallah Dares Israel to Invade Lebanon in Speech, Calls It ‘Historic Opportunity’: Jerusalem Post staff, Jerusalem Post, Sept. 19, 2024 — Hezbollah is ready and waiting for the IDF to invade its territory, leader Hassan Nasrallah dared Israel in a speech broadcast on Thursday.
Hezbollah Pager Explosions Put Spotlight on Israel’s Cyber Warfare Unit 8200: Reuters and TOI staff, Times of Israel, Sept. 19, 2024 — The mass attack that saw pagers held by Hezbollah members across Lebanon explode has turned the spotlight on the secretive Unit 8200, the Israel Defense Forces’ intelligence unit, which a Western security source said was involved in planning the operation.
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Why Are Hezbollah’s Pagers Off Limits?: Editorial Board, WSJ, Sept. 19, 2024
Will the Pager Operation Deter Hezbollah and Iran, and Is Israel Prepared for War If Not?: David Horovitz, Times of Israel, Sept. 19, 2024
Israel Faces a New Reality on the Northern Border: Yossi Yehoshua, Ynet News, Sept. 19, 2024
Editor’s Notes: Freud Would Have a Field Day with Nasrallah: Zvika Klein, Jerusalem Post, Sept. 19, 2024
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Company Implicated in Pager Strike Uses Fake CEO Photo on Website: Zeev Avrahami, Ynet News, Sept. 19, 2024 — The photo of Italian-Hungarian Christina Arcidiacono Barsony, the woman identified as CEO of the BAC company, implicated in the coordinated pager explosions in Lebanon, and who disappeared off the face of the earth, is not who she was claimed to be.
West Point Expert Calls Hezbollah Pager Attack ‘Unprecedented’ In Scale: Jerusalem Post staff, Jerusalem Post, Sept. 19, 2024 — Chair of urban warfare studies at West Point, John Spencer, expressed his amazement regarding the strategy behind the recent attack on Hezbollah terrorists in Lebanon after analyzing the incident in a thread of Wednesday X/Twitter posts.
If Israel Did Explode Hezbollah’s Devices… What’s Next?: Amos Yadlin, Times of Israel, Sept. 19, 2024 — The smirk that became a fixture on Nasrallah’s face on October 7th vanished on Monday.
Beeper Explosions, Version 2: Multiple Explosions During Funeral of Hezbollah MP’s Son: Chana Roberts, Israel National News, Sept. 18, 2024 — Several explosions were reported Wednesday afternoon in the Dahieh area of Beirut, Lebanon, as exploding hand-held radios killed at least 14 people and injured approximately 450. Lebanon’s state news agency reported that three people were killed in Beqaa.
