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Source: https://www.jpost.com/israel-news/article-821246
Timing of Hizbullah Beeper Blasts Not Due to Plan Being Exposed
(Jerusalem Post) Yonah Jeremy Bob - The timing of the Hizbullah beeper and other device explosions last week, which wounded around 3,000-4,000 operatives, was not due to the sabotage being exposed but was carefully planned, the Jerusalem Post has learned. Foreign reports said that Israeli intelligence rushed to Prime Minister Netanyahu to warn that Hizbullah operatives had uncovered aspects of the sabotage and that the device explosion capability was at a "use it or lose it" moment. But the Post has learned that whoever caused the sabotage picked the timing carefully and not because of some sudden discovery by Hizbullah. It is noteworthy that in the days leading up to the explosions, both Netanyahu and Defense Minister Yoav Gallant made public statements about how returning Israel's northern residents to their homes became one of the primary missions of the current war. This came after Gallant declared Hamas's last of 24 battalions in Rafah defeated on Aug. 21. Without beepers and cell phones to communicate, Hizbullah Radwan special forces commander Ibrahim Aqil and 20 of his top sub-commanders needed to meet in person to develop retaliation plans. When they did on Friday, the IDF killed Aqil and most of the other critical sub-commanders.