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Hezbollah gets a welcome taste of its own medicine

By Tom Rogan
Published September 18, 2024 3:48pm ET
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Hezbollah gets a welcome taste of its own medicine
Hezbollah fighters carry the coffin of four fallen comrades who were killed Tuesday after their handheld pagers exploded, in the southern suburb of Beirut, Lebanon, Wednesday, Sept. 18, 2024. (AP Photo/Bilal Hussein)

The Lebanese Hezbollah has suffered an unfortunate couple of days. The terrorist group figuratively and literally dropped the ball.

On Tuesday, Israel’s Mossad intelligence service detonated preplanted explosives hidden in thousands of pagers used by Hezbollah operatives. On Wednesday, it detonated preplanted explosives hidden in thousands of Hezbollah operatives’ walkie-talkies. Nearly 20 of the terrorist group’s personnel were killed, and thousands were wounded in the two incidents.

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