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The Israel Defense Forces is striving to subdue Hezbollah’s threat on the Jewish state’s northern border with Lebanon, IDF Northern Command head Maj. Gen. Ori Gordin said on September 18th.

As dozens of walkie-talkies exploded across Lebanon on Wednesday – a day after blasts targeted the pagers of Hezbollah members injured thousands – Israel has said a “new era” of war is beginning, tacitly acknowledging its role in the shock operation which has pushed the region back to the brink of wider conflict.

The mass pager attack against Hezbollah in Lebanon has turned the spotlight on Israel's secretive Unit 8200, the Israel Defense Forces' intelligence unit, which a Western security source said was involved in planning the operation.

Ehud Yaari stated that Israel has an opportunity to devastate Hezbollah due to the organization's weakened state following a deadly pager attack on Tuesday

Strategic Analysis Australia Director Peter Jennings discusses the pager attack “targeted” towards Hezbollah leadership who are sworn to the destruction of Israel.

Army says no changes to guidelines for civilians, but some cities open shelters as terror group vows revenge for exploding pager attack The post IDF urges vigilance as defense chiefs meet amid Hezbollah retaliation threat appeared first on The Times of Israel.