Hezbollah's Exploding Pagers and Israel's Astonishing Spycraft

WSJ Opinion: Potomac Watch

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🗓️ 20 September 2024

⏱️ 23 minutes

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Israel's defense minister says the country's war is entering a new phase and turning north, after thousands of Hezbollah pagers suddenly detonate in Lebanon. Plus, the Teamsters union declines to endorse a presidential candidate, for the first time in nearly three decades, despite polling showing that a strong majority of its rank-and-file members support Donald Trump. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:15.0	From the opinion pages of the Wall Street Journal, this is Potomac Watch.
0:24.2	The war in the Middle East is entering a new phase.
0:26.9	The Israeli defense minister says,
0:29.2	after thousands of Hezbollah pagers this week
0:32.4	suddenly and simultaneously explode.
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0:39.4	as the Union says it will not endorse a U.S. presidential candidate in 2024.
0:45.0	Welcome, I'm Kyle Peterson with the Wall Street Journal.
0:49.0	We are joined today by my colleagues, Elliot Kaufman and Kim Strassal.
0:54.8	New Israeli strikes are coming in Lebanon this week against the Iran-Alied terrorist group
1:00.0	Hezbollah, with Israeli Defense Minister Joav Galant saying that the center of gravity is moving northward,
1:07.1	resources and forces are being allocated.
1:10.1	He also said we are at the start of a new phase in the war. It requires courage, determination, and perseverance on our part.
1:18.0	Elliot, what is the latest going on there in Israel and Lebanon?
1:22.0	So after two days of... going on there in Israel and Lebanon.
1:22.5	So after two days of pretty stunning strikes,
1:27.3	first on the Hezbollah-Pagers,
1:31.2	that's their secure communication system, and then the next day when they switch to
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