Lebanon Explosions: How Israel Used Front Companies to Sell Bait-Bombs to Hezbollah

However, an “absolute rule” remains, insists Didier Billion. “Whether it is a targeted assassination or a secret operation of this type, the Israeli authorities will never claim responsibility for them,” assures the deputy director of Iris. For the authorities of the countries concerned, it remains to go back as best they can to trace the facts. The sabotage of the Lebanese militia’s means of transmission is based on a complex operation that was prepared a long time in advance. A New York Times investigation dated September 18 even mentions the prior creation by Israel of front companies to produce the booby-trapped pagers.