Mossad’s Explosive Devices Cripple Hezbollah in Decade-Long Covert Operation

Israel’s intelligence agency used booby-trapped pagers and walkie-talkies to injure thousands of Hezbollah fighters and destabilize its leadership in a meticulously planned strike.

The operation, revealed on CBS's '60 Minutes,' began over a decade ago with Mossad embedding explosives in walkie-talkies and pagers sold to Hezbollah through covert channels.
On September 17, 2024, Mossad remotely detonated 5,000 explosive-laden pagers across Lebanon, injuring approximately 3,000 Hezbollah operatives and killing 30.
The following day, dormant walkie-talkies, previously planted within Hezbollah's ranks, were activated, with some exploding during funerals for pager attack victims.
The attacks demoralized Hezbollah, with its leader Hassan Nasrallah appearing subdued in a speech days later; he was killed shortly afterward in an Israeli airstrike on his bunker.
The operation not only weakened Hezbollah but also disrupted Iran’s regional influence and contributed to the eventual collapse of the Assad regime in Syria.