{"id":2343429,"date":"2024-09-19T13:57:02","date_gmt":"2024-09-19T17:57:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/hezbollah-leader-says-pager-attacks-crossed-red-lines-an-act-of-war-washington-examiner\/"},"modified":"2024-09-19T14:01:04","modified_gmt":"2024-09-19T18:01:04","slug":"hezbollah-leader-says-pager-attacks-crossed-red-lines-an-act-of-war-washington-examiner","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/hezbollah-leader-says-pager-attacks-crossed-red-lines-an-act-of-war-washington-examiner\/","title":{"rendered":"Hezbollah leader says pager attacks crossed red lines: \u2018An act of war\u2019 &#8211; Washington Examiner"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">30<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fhezbollah-leader-says-pager-attacks-crossed-red-lines-an-act-of-war-washington-examiner%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2343429&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah declared that Israel&#8217;s recent \u200cattacks, which involved the detonation of explosive devices\u2063 linked to Hezbollah&#8217;s communication tools, \u200cconstitute &#8220;an act of war.&#8221; Following two days of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/man-shot-in-head-on-nyc-subway-video-shows-passengers-scramble-to-get-away-moments-before-shooting\/\" title=\"Man Suffers Headshot in NYC Subway Shooting; Footage Captures Commuters&#039; Frantic Escape Pre-incident\">deadly \u200bincidents<\/a> that left over 30 dead and approximately 3,000 injured, Nasrallah criticized the assaults as a severe violation of Lebanon&#8217;s sovereignty, referring to them as \u200bmajor war \u2062crimes. Allegedly, the devices, such as pagers and walkie-talkies, were sabotaged \u200dby Israeli intelligence, \u2064which had fabricated these communication \u2062tools through shell companies and equipped them with \u2062explosive materials.<\/p>\n<p>In\u200b response, the Israeli\u200d military commenced airstrikes targeting Hezbollah in southern Lebanon, claiming that the operations aim to degrade\u200d the group&#8217;s capabilities. The\u2064 situation is escalating in the context of renewed conflict between Israel and Hezbollah, heightened\u2063 by\u200c the aftermath of Hamas&#8217;s attack on\u2064 Israel\u2062 on October 7. As tensions rise, Israeli officials are focusing on the safety of civilians in northern Israel, many of whom have been \u200devacuated due\u200c to fears of a \u200dpotential cross-border attack \u2063from Hezbollah. The ongoing military \u2062actions signal a \u2063new chapter in a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/julio-rivera-cyber-warfare-in-2022-espionage-hacking-for-profit-and-infrastructure-attacks\/\" title=\"Julio Rivera: Cyber Warfare 2022: Espionage and Hacking-for Profit.\">long-standing conflict<\/a>, with both sides engaging carefully to avoid full-scale war.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-header-search-button-mob dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search\" aria-labelledby=\"td-header-search-button\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search-inner\">\n<form method=\"get\" class=\"tdb-search-form\" action=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\"><\/form>\n<div class=\"tdb-aj-search\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/#\" role=\"button\" aria-label=\"Search\" class=\"tdb-head-search-btn dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<h1 class=\"tdb-title-text\">Hezbollah leader says pager attacks crossed red lines: &lsquo;An act of war&rsquo;<\/h1>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-title-line\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div id=\"Brid_1763868\" class=\"tpd-featured-video bridtv\"><\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/hezbollah\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Hezbollah<\/a> leader Hassan Nasrallah accused <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/Israel\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Israel<\/a> of &ldquo;an act of war&rdquo; after two days of deadly attacks linked to the group&rsquo;s electronic hand-devices<\/p>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p>&ldquo;The enemy transgressed all boundaries and redlines,&rdquo; Nasrallah <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/world\/2024\/09\/19\/israel-lebanon-attack-explosions-hezbollah\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>said<\/a> in a widely anticipated speech Thursday evening local time about the attacks, which he described as &ldquo;a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/u-s-commits-to-weapons-supply-as-battle-looms-in-ukraines-east\/\" title=\"U.S. Commits to Weapons Supply as Battle Looms in Ukraine\u2019s East\">major assault<\/a> on Lebanon, its security and sovereignty, a war crime &mdash; an act of war,&rdquo; and he said the attacks dealt an &ldquo;unprecedented blow&rdquo; to Hezbollah and Lebanon.<\/p>\n<p>More than 30 people were killed on Tuesday and Wednesday across Lebanon when various Hezbollah hand-held devices, including pagers and walkie-talkies, exploded. The act of sabotage, presumed to be from the Israelis, left roughly 3,000 people injured. U.S. officials publicly denied any involvement in the attack and declined to directly attribute the attack to Israel.<\/p>\n<p>Israel not only managed to sabotage the devices Hezbollah uses, but they set up an elaborate scheme to manufacture them through various shell companies that Israeli intelligence actually created, according to the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2024\/09\/18\/world\/middleeast\/israel-exploding-pagers-hezbollah.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title><em>New York Times<\/em><\/a>. They had some real clients, and Hezbollah. The pagers made for Hezbollah contained batteries laced with the explosive PETN, per the <em>Times<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>Shortly before Nasrallah spoke on Thursday, the Israeli military announced it had begun airstrikes against targets in southern Lebanon.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;The IDF is currently striking Hezbollah targets in Lebanon to degrade Hezbollah&rsquo;s terrorist capabilities and infrastructure,&rdquo; the IDF said. &ldquo;For decades, Hezbollah has weaponized civilian homes, dug tunnels beneath them and used civilians as human shields&mdash;having turned southern Lebanon into a war zone.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>LTG Herzi Halevi, the chief of the general staff of the IDF, approved plans for operations in the northern part of the country against Hezbollah, the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/military\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>military<\/a> said on Thursday.<\/p>\n<p>Israel&rsquo;s purported actions this week present a potentially new chapter in the conflict between Israel and Hezbollah, which dates back several decades, though was reignited following Hamas&rsquo;s Oct. 7 terrorist attack against Israel.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">People watch the speech of Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah as they sit in a cafe in the southern suburbs of Beirut, Thursday, Sept. 19, 2024. (AP Photo\/Hassan Ammar)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>While Israel&rsquo;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/the-jew-hatred-of-ilhan-omar\/\" title=\"The Jew Hatred Of Ilhan Omar\">military carried<\/a> out a ground invasion of Gaza in the aftermath of the Oct. 7 attack &mdash; which left roughly 1,200 people dead and 250 others who were kidnapped and brought back to Gaza &mdash; it was drawn into a cross-border narrow conflict with Hezbollah. Israel and Hezbollah began firing rockets and missiles from northern Israel into southern Lebanon and vice versa.<\/p>\n<p>Amid concerns that Hezbollah could carry out a cross-border assault similar to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/Hamas\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Hamas<\/a>, Israel opted to evacuate tens of thousands of civilians from their homes in northern Israel, and they remain displaced from their homes. Israeli leaders have cited getting those civilians back in their homes as a priority for their operations against Hezbollah.<\/p>\n<p>Israeli Defense Minister Yoav Gallant warned on Wednesday, &ldquo;We are at the start of a new phase in the war &mdash; we are allocating resources and forces to the northern arena,&rdquo; though he did not clarify as to what the new phase would include.<\/p>\n<p>Gallant spoke with U.S. Secretary of Defense <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/lloyd-austin\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"Lloyd Austin\">Lloyd Austin<\/a> on Wednesday in which the Israeli leader said they &ldquo;reflect[ed] on the strategic, regional picture and to brief the Secretary on IDF operations in the southern and northern arenas, focusing on Israel&rsquo;s defense against Hezbollah threats.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>There have been several moments since the fighting broke out where it appeared like Israel and Hezbollah&rsquo;s limited conflict would escalate into an all-out war, though both sides have seemingly gone to great lengths to continue their fight without crossing that rubicon. <\/p>\n<p>In late July, a Hezbollah rocket killed twelve <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/teenagers\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>teenagers<\/a> in the Golan Heights, and days later, the Israelis carried out an audacious strike in Beirut targeting the senior leader, Fuad Shukr, whom it said was responsible for the deadly strike days earlier. Just a day after Shukr&rsquo;s assassination, Israel is believed to have carried out another assassination against Ismail Haniyeh, a senior Hamas leader, in Tehran.<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>In the aftermath of both assassinations, Iran and Hezbollah made moves to retaliate and vowed to do so. Austin deployed more U.S. forces and resources to the Middle East to aid Israel in the event of a large response.<\/p>\n<p>In late August, Israel carried out dozens of airstrikes across Lebanon at Hezbollah targets in what they described as&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/world\/3133728\/israel-and-hezbollah-rocket-fire-tension-continues\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">&ldquo;preemptive&rdquo; strikes<\/a>&nbsp;to prevent an attack, while Hezbollah proceeded to fire hundreds of rockets and drones at Israel, though Israel&rsquo;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/hezbollah-israel-rocket-exchange-did-not-affect-ceasefire-talks-us-washington-examiner\/\" title=\"Hezbollah-Israel rocket exchange did not affect ceasefire talks: US - Washington Examiner\">air defenses largely prevented casualties<\/a> and damage.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p> <script data-cfasync=\"false\" src=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/cdn-cgi\/scripts\/5c5dd728\/cloudflare-static\/email-decode.min.js\"><\/script><script>!function(){var g=window;g.googletag=g.googletag||{},g.googletag.cmd=g.googletag.cmd||[],g.googletag.cmd.push(function(){g.googletag.pubads().setTargeting(\"has-featured-video\",\"true\")})}();<\/script><script>var _bp=_bp||[];_bp.push({\"div\":\"Brid_1763868\",\"obj\":{\"id\":\"27789\",\"width\":\"1280\",\"height\":\"720\",\"stickyDirection\":\"below\",\"video\":\"1763868\"}});<\/script><script defer src=\"https:\/\/services.brid.tv\/player\/build\/brid.min.js\"><\/script><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Hezbollah&#8217;s leader, Hassan Nasrallah, labeled Israel&#8217;s recent attacks as &#8220;an act of war&#8221; following two days of deadly incidents involving the group&#8217;s electronic devices. In a highly anticipated speech on Thursday evening, he stated that &#8220;the enemy has crossed all boundaries and red lines,&#8221; describing the assaults as a significant attack on Lebanon&#8217;s security and sovereignty, which he termed a war crime. The attacks resulted in over 30 fatalities across Lebanon due to explosions from various Hezbollah hand-held devices like pagers and walkie-talkies, injuring around 3,000 people. U.S. officials denied any involvement in these incidents and refrained from directly blaming Israel. Reports indicate that Israel not only sabotaged Hezbollah\u2019s communication devices but also created shell companies to manufacture them with explosives embedded in their batteries. Just before Nasrallah&#8217;s address, the Israeli military announced airstrikes targeting Hezbollah positions in southern Lebanon to weaken their capabilities. The IDF accused Hezbollah of using civilian infrastructure for military purposes and declared its intent to conduct operations against them in northern Israel amid rising tensions following Hamas\u2019s October 7 attack on Israel. As both sides exchanged fire across the border, concerns grew about a potential escalation into full-scale conflict while efforts were made to avoid crossing that threshold completely<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2671,"featured_media":2343430,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/Nasrallah.webp","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[5237,24658,32726,4133],"class_list":["post-2343429","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-conflict","tag-hezbollah","tag-middle-east","tag-news"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/Nasrallah.webp","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2343429","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2671"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2343429"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2343429\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2343430"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2343429"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2343429"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2343429"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}