The US knew about the Israeli pager attack on Lavrov

Russia’s foreign minister accused West Jerusalem of turning civilian technology into a deadly weapon

Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said the United States was likely aware of Israel’s plans to carry out a “terrorist attack” on Lebanon using communications devices. He argued that the complexity of the attack and the leakage of details to Western media indicated possible complicity by Washington.

Last week, thousands of hand-held pagers and walkie-talkies used by Hezbollah members exploded simultaneously across Lebanon, killing dozens and injuring thousands, many of them civilians. The attack, widely blamed on Israel’s Mossad spy agency, drew international condemnation, with UN Human Rights Commissioner Volker Turk calling it a “shocking” and “unacceptable” act of human rights violation.

Speaking at the UN General Assembly on Saturday, Lavrov condemned Israel’s “inhumane attack on Lebanon.” He stressed that “there can be no excuse for the acts of terrorism to which Israelis fell victim on October 7 last year,” but stressed that “anyone who still has a sense of compassion is outraged by the fact that the October tragedy is being used as mass collective punishment.”

“Another blatant example of terrorist methods as a means to achieve political goals is the inhumane attack on Lebanon, which transformed civilian technology into a deadly weapon,” Lavrov said, calling for an immediate international investigation.

Israel has not claimed responsibility for the pager attacks, and its allies have denied any knowledge. However, according to Lavrov, Western media reports on the details and preparations “indicate to varying degrees the involvement and at least awareness of Washington in preparing this terrorist attack.”

“We understand that Americans always deny everything and do everything in their power to cover up any facts that come to light, as they did in response to the irrefutable evidence of their involvement in the terrorist attack on the Nord Stream gas pipeline,” he added. , referring to the sabotage of Nord Stream in September 2022, when explosions disrupted three of four pipelines in the Baltic Sea, halting Russian gas deliveries to Western Europe.

Israel and Hezbollah have been exchanging fire sporadically on the border since West Jerusalem launched an operation against the Palestinian militant group Hamas following the deadly Oct. 7 attack. The campaign escalated dramatically this month when Israel bombed southern Lebanon and the capital, Beirut, killing senior Hezbollah commanders, including leader Hassan Nasrallah.

At Friday’s meeting of the U.N. Security Council, Lavrov said that “the Middle East is once again on the brink of a major war,” calling for active diplomatic efforts to avert “the most disastrous scenario.”

(RT.com)