BLUF

In this article, three Atlantic Council experts discuss recent events in Lebanon when beepers and walkie-talkies used by Hezbollah exploded in a coordinated manner on successive days.

Summary

  1. Considered, by many experts, an impressive kinetic intelligence operation.
  2. The attack could de-escalate the conflict in the long run.
  3. Israel has now achieved complete intelligence domination over Hezbollah.
  4. Hezbollah forced to undertake a brutal counterintelligence review.
READ: Experts react: What’s behind the Hezbollah beeper and walkie-talkie explosions

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