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Operation Grim Beeper | How Mossad Turned Hezbollah's Pagers Into Bombs

October 16, 2026 · 22 min

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Originally aired on 2/16/26, now expanded with new details on the story and republished in full video!

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In September 2024, thousands of pagers exploded across Lebanon in a single afternoon. The devices had been built by Israeli intelligence, packed with explosives, and sold to Hezbollah through a network of fake companies stretching from Budapest to Sofia. The operation had been ten years in the making. This is the story of Operation Grim Beeper.


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