New revelations from him about Israel’s attack on September, when the “trapped” walkie talkie and pagers brought upon them by Hezbollah members exploded, resulting in the streets of Beirut being filled with bodies and wounded. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, in a speech to Knesset, implied that this attack against the members of Hezbollah, Lebanon was earlier than planned to prevent their bloody plan from being revealed. The cabinet originally planned to launch an attack on Hezbollah in October, he says, but had to proceed with the design “when our special means were to be revealed”, writes Times of Israel. “From the moment I learned that this was to be revealed, I decided it was necessary to act immediately. There were those who argued that the US should be informed in advance,” he said. “I argued that the US should not be informed because this could lead to either resistance or leakage, which is the same thing. A leak would have immediately proved the effectiveness of the movement. I categorically denied it – and we acted,” he continued. In the attacks launched by Israel against Hezbollah, Benjamin Netanyahu reported that 70 to 80% of the organization’s rockets and missiles were destroyed. “There was a perfectly legitimate debate and there was also a second request,” he said and made it clear that “the request was to update and coordinate this attack with the US. Again, with all due respect to our friends in the US, I categorically rejected it.” For the murder of Nastrala, Benjamin Netanyahu reported: “The debate on whether Nasrala would be hit continued during my flight to New York in September prior to his speech to the UN. Two hours later, I called the Minister of Defence and the Chief of Staff of the Israeli Army and said we had to eliminate the man. When we landed in New York, we convened the security cabinet. There was almost an absolute majority. One person argued differently, but the entire cabinet took it back, and we made the decision, it was executed – and the rest is known”, concluded Benjamin Netanyahu.
Netanyahu revealed that the Hezbollah pager explosion occurred earlier to avoid revealing the plan
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