Europa Press and Reuters
La Jornada Newspaper
Monday, November 11, 2024, p. 27
Madrid. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu acknowledged for the first time that Israel was behind the September pager and radio communicator attacks in Lebanon that left at least 40 dead and more than 3,500 injured.
The pager operation and the elimination of Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah were carried out despite the opposition of senior officials in the Defense establishment and those responsible for them in the political hierarchy.in a veiled criticism of the dismissed Israeli Defense Minister Yoav Gallant, the newspaper reported Times of Israel.
Although the explosions of September 17 and 18 were initially attributed to a computer attack, US officials confirmed to the newspaper The New York Times that Israeli intelligence managed to hide explosive material in a new batch of 3,000 pagers (beepers) imported to Lebanon.
Explosive material weighing between 30 and 60 grams was inserted into these devices along with the battery and a system that could be activated remotely upon arrival in Lebanese territory, after Hezbollah distributed them among its members in Lebanon, Syria and even Iran. .
On the other hand, Netanyahu said that he spoke three times with the president-elect of the United States, Donald Trump, after the elections and assured that They agree regarding the Iranian threat and all its components. The conversations They were designed to further strengthen the strong alliance between Israel and the United States. We also see the great opportunities that Israel has before it, in the expansion of peace and in other areas; described the dialogue good and very importantnoted the newspaper.
The Israeli premier also related the incidents that occurred last Thursday in Amsterdam, after the soccer match between Ajax and Maccabi Tel Aviv, which coincided with the complaints against Israel presented to the International Court of Justice for genocide in the Gaza Strip and the investigation by the International Criminal Court for war crimes and crimes against humanity.
A clear line connects two anti-Semitic attacks against Israel, which we have recently seen on Dutch soil: the criminal legal attack against Israel at the International Court in The Hague and the violent criminal attack against Israeli citizens on the streets of Amsterdam.
In this context, Iran requested the expulsion of Israel from the United Nations Organization for its repeated attacks on the organization itself and its agencies.
The Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs, Kazem Gharibabadi, referred to the hostile actions against the legitimacy of the UN and the declaration towards its secretary general, António Guterres, as persona non grataand the expulsion of the United Nations Agency for Palestinian Refugees in the Middle East, the Iranian Mehr agency reported.