New details emerge of Israel’s elaborate plan to sabotage Hezbollah communications devices to kill or maim thousands of its operatives.

The first part of the plan - booby-trapped radios - was initiated by Mossad in Lebanon in 2015. The concept for the pager operation emerged in 2022 and began to be implemented more than a year before the Hamas attack on October 7,

No Hezbollah operative suspected they were carrying Israeli-made bombs that were designed to ensure the user performs a two-handed procedure to access the pager's message before it exploded, The Washington Post has said in an exclusive story.

A report by The Washington Post has revealed how Israel’s intelligence agency, Mossad, orchestrated a covert operation to turn pagers used by Hezbollah into explosive devices. According to the report, Mossad engineered explosive devices within pagers that were used by Hezbollah commanders and fighters.

Mossad's covert operation tricked Hezbollah into using booby-trapped AR924 pagers, leading to explosions that killed or injured around 3,000 members on September 17. Concealed as secure communication devices,

Israel’s Mossad covertly introduced these pagers into Hezbollah's ranks, ensnaring the militant group in a deadly trap that could shift the dynamics of the Middle East conflict.