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Thursday, December 19, 2024
’60 Minutes’ to air interviews with Mossad agents who led pager attacks on Hezbollah
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CBS’s “60 Minutes” is set to air an investigative report on a string of coordinated attacks on communications devices held by Hezbollah members in September.
The report will feature interviews with recently retired Mossad agents who led the plot against the Iran-backed terror group, the show writes on X,” including “how they executed the operation, sharing never-before-known details of the 10-year undercover op.”
The attacks, in which thousands of devices simultaneously exploded in the southern suburbs of Beirut and other Hezbollah strongholds across Lebanon, dealt a deadly blow to the terror group, and kicked off an escalation that continued with the assassination of almost all of its leadership, including Secretary General Hassan Nasrallah, and a limited Israeli ground invasion of southern Lebanon.
A spokesperson for Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s office in November confirmed for the first time that Israel was behind the operation.
Sunday on 60 Minutes: For the first time, recently retired Mossad agents who led the pager and walkie talkie plot against Hezbollah tell Lesley Stahl how they executed the operation, sharing never-before-known details of the 10-year undercover op. https://t.co/mEN4CWeXMW pic.twitter.com/mQAgMLWF70
— 60 Minutes (@60Minutes) December 19, 2024
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