Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Sunday admitted to approving the pager attack on the Lebanese militant group Hezbollah in September this year. Notably, at least 40 people were killed and 3,

Israel Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Sunday accepted that he had "okayed" the pager attacks in Lebanon, which had killed nearly 40 Iran-backed Hezbollah members in September.

On September 17, pagers started detonating in Lebanon and Syria sending Hezbollah into confusion. A day later, the walkie-talkies exploded in a similar way during the funeral of those who died in a pager attack.