“It is hard to imagine a better means of targeting Hezbollah operatives, whoever is behind the exploding devices,” Natasha Hausdorff, of UK Lawyers for Israel, told JNS.
The Jewish state has not claimed responsibility for an incident, in which some 2,700 pagers belonging to Hezbollah terrorists exploded in Lebanon and Syria earlier this week. But critics of Israel accused it of violating international law and of being responsible for the attack.
“Israel’s pager attack in Lebanon detonated thousands of handheld devices across of a slew of public spaces, seriously injuring and killing innocent civilians,” stated Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.), a member of the so-called “squad” and frequent Israel critic.
“This attack clearly and unequivocally violates international humanitarian law and undermines U.S. efforts to prevent a wider conflict,” Ocasio-Cortez stated. “Congress needs a full accounting of the attack, including an answer from the State Department as to whether any U.S. assistance went into the development or deployment of this technology.”