We were joined from Tel Aviv by Ronen Bergman, journalist and author of 'Rise and Kill First: The Secret History of Israel's Targeted Assassinations.
‘If Israel is behind pager attacks, it’s signalling readiness for escalation’, says Israeli assassination expertWe were joined from Tel Aviv by Ronen Bergman, journalist and author of ‘Rise and Kill First: The Secret History of Israel’s Targeted Assassinations.’This wouldn’t be the first time that Israel had used a communications device in an attack, but certainly on this scale, it seems unprecedented.
I could see, potentially, a few goals. Israel was severely hit, surprised, Israeli deterrence was severely beaten. The surprise Hamas attack of October 7th last year. The second is that since October 8th, Hezbollah, unprovoked, has been attacking Israel, something that forced the evacuation of 100,000 civilians from the north of Israel.
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