Censorship of Mossad Hezbollah pager mission lifted, new details revealed
Former Israeli defense minister Yoav Gallant has confirmed details regarding the 2024 Mossad operation that targeted Hezbollah operatives via booby-trapped pagers. The disclosure follows the lifting of censorship and coincides with the release of a new documentary about the mission.
Why it matters
This confirmation provides official insight into a high-stakes intelligence operation that significantly impacted the conflict between Israel and Hezbollah.
Former defense minister Yoav Gallant discussed additional details of Mossad's September 2024 pager operation against Hezbollah terrorists in 2024 that killed or wounded some three thousand five hundred Hezbollah operatives during a previously censored interview with Channel 12, which was permitted for publication on Monday.Gallant discussed many of the details The Jerusalem Post previously reported in an interview with a Mossad agent, known by the codename "Adam Feyn," who participated in the operation and wrote about it in his Hebrew book, Hoda'ah Goralit (Fateful Message).This is the first time a senior defense official corroborated the information that "Adam Feyn" had revealed to the Post and comes shortly after the two-year anniversary of the operation being conducted.Gallant, who was defense minister at the time of the operation, discussed how the timing of the operation arose out of necessity.
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