What Was The Point of Israel’s Pager Attack?
What Next | Daily News and Analysis
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4.3 • 2.4K Ratings
🗓️ 23 September 2024
⏱️ 31 minutes
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Summary
What message was Israel sending to Hezbollah, its backers, and the population of Lebanon, by blowing up pagers and walkie-talkies last week? And does the international community view this act as a violation of the laws of armed conflict?
Guest: Shane Harris, intelligence and national security reporter at the Washington Post.
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| 1:03.2 | Lebanon now says that hundreds of people have been killed in Israeli airstrikes. |
| 1:07.8 | Israel has warned tens of thousands of Lebanese people to flee. |
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