Hezbollah’s directive, misinterpreted by the Mossad, saved Hezbollah from destruction.

Israel prepared a war on Lebanon before the 7th of October.

Investigative Report

Elijah J. Magnier – 

Recent revelations from Mossad, as disclosed on the renowned CBS investigative programme “60 Minutes”, have unveiled Israel’s meticulously crafted, long-term strategy to undermine Hezbollah’s operational capabilities in Lebanon before declaring full-scale war. This strategy, spanning over a decade, underscores the deliberate planning and execution of sabotage operations to disrupt Hezbollah’s command structure and communication networks. From embedding explosives in ICOM communication devices a decade ago to launching Mossad’s intricate pager sabotage operation in 2022, these actions reflect a broader preparation for preemptive warfare. Israel, aware that such sabotage would provoke immediate retaliation, appears to have calculated these moves as part of a larger strategic framework.

Crucially, a directive memo circulated within Hezbollah just days before the pager sabotage attack mitigated the potential for total devastation. This document alerted operatives to the vulnerabilities of the interception of the communication devices, allowing the organisation to avert catastrophic losses. The memo’s timely distribution highlights a critical misunderstanding and misjudgement by the Israeli leadership, whose non-delayed activation of the sabotage operation squandered the opportunity for a decisive victory. Had the attack been executed at the outset of hostilities, it is conceivable that Israel’s Merkava tanks could have advanced and occupied not only south of the Litani River but potentially reached the outskirts of Beirut, fundamentally altering the conflict’s trajectory.

Furthermore, The New York Times cited intelligence sources from Israel’s Unit 8200 claiming that in late 2023, a Hezbollah technician became suspicious about the batteries in walkie-talkies. Additionally, the report suggested that in September 2024, Unit 8200 intercepted intelligence, indicating that Hezbollah operatives were allegedly concerned enough about the integrity of pagers to send some of them to Iran for inspection. However, these assertions are flawed for several reasons: