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Despite Israel's silence, an anonymous Israeli source told Axios that Prime Minister Netanyahu approved the operation based on intelligence that it could incapacitate Hezbollah leadership tools. Interestingly, Hezbollah’s leadership had recently advised fighters to adopt "low-tech" communication methods, such as pagers, to evade Israeli cyber surveillance and drone strikes—a strategy that was exploited using this covert attack.
International reactions are expected to be swift, likely condemning Israel's tactics, although the operation was carefully designed to minimize wider conflict. Critics will argue the indiscriminate damage caused by such operations, but proponents contend that Israel's existential security considerations justify aggressive measures against relentless proxy threats.