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Source: http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/08/08/AR2006080800603.html
Israel Fights Propaganda War Over Phones
[AP/Washington Post] Donna Abu-Nasr - Hassan al-Harakeh answered his phone one evening to hear a deep voice asking: "How long will you go on supporting the gang of Hassan Nasrallah?" It was Israel calling, with a message denouncing Hizballah and its leader. Cell phones and land lines across Lebanon have been ringing with automated, recorded messages - part of a propaganda war being waged in Lebanon. The sophisticated campaign has given the impression that Israelis are everywhere, not just in planes overhead or on the front lines of the ground battle against Hizballah.