Israel’s Gaza invasion – Day 399

Israel PM admits giving green light for Hezbollah pager attacks

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu says he approved a September attack on Hezbollah communications devices that exploded in Lebanon — the first time Israel admitted involvement, * Al Jazeera* reports.

“Netanyahu confirmed Sunday that he greenlighted the pager operation in Lebanon,” his spokesman Omer Dostri said of the attacks that killed nearly 40 people and wounded nearly 3,000.

A week after the pager attacks, Israel announced a ground operation in southern Lebanon and began heavy air strikes on areas in Beirut’s southern suburbs and the eastern Bekaa Valley, Hezbollah strongholds.